RECORDS AND REPORTS REQUIRED OF PHARMACISTS ON THE SALES, PURCHASES, ACQUISITIONS AND DELIVERIES OF DANGEROUS DRUGS

National Administrative Register [ DDB BOARD REGULATION NO. 2, s. 1973, February 21, 1973 ]



Pursuant to the powers vested in the Dangerous Drugs Board under
Section 36(a) of R.A. 6425, as amended, the following regulations are
hereby prescribed for purposes of compliance with the requirements of
Section 25(a) also of R.A. 6425, as amended.

SECTION 1.       DDB Form No. 13-73 shall be used
by pharmacists in hospitals in keeping records of dangerous drugs
dispensed in the In-patient wards of hospitals and other similar
institutions.

SECTION 2.       DDB Form 5-72 shall be used by all
pharmacists, except pharmacists in hospitals and similar institutions
dealing in dangerous drugs when complying with the requirements of
Section 25(a) of R.A. 6425, as amended.

SECTION 3.       Records called for in the 2nd paragraph of
Section 25 (a) of the law aforecited shall be accomplished in Form No.
14-73 and shall be submitted by hospital pharmacists dealing in
dangerous drugs dispensed in the In-patient wards of hospitals and other
similar institutions within fifteen (15) days following the last day of
every quarter of each year to the City or Municipal Health Officer who
in turn shall forward same to the Dangerous Drugs Board within fifteen
(15) days from receipt thereof.

SECTION 4.       All pharmacists dealing in dangerous drugs
other than in hospitals and similar institutions shall forward certified
true copies of records covering a period of three (3) calendar months,
called for in the 1st paragraph of section 25(a) of R.A. 6425, as
amended, to the City or Municipal Health Officer within fifteen (15)
days following the last day of every quarter of the year, and the City
or Municipal Health Officer shall in turn forward such records to the
Dangerous Drugs Board within fifteen (15) days from receipt thereof, by
using the form referred to in Section 2 hereof.

SECTION 5.       In view of the peculiar nature of the
procedures observed in the dispensing of dangerous drugs to In-Patients
in hospitals and similar institutions, the required prescription form
for dangerous drugs may be issued immediately after each vial of such is
consumed, Provided that every record made of the disposition of each
vial shall be invariably accompanied by properly filled up record forms
conforming to that DDB Form No. 13-73.

SECTION 6.       This Regulation shall take effect immediately.

Adopted: 21 Feb. 1973

(SGD.) CLEMENTE S. GATMAITAN, M.D., M.P.H.
Chairman