(1) A person who supplies any of the drugs shall comply with the following provisions—
(a) he or she shall enter or cause to be entered in a register kept for the sole purpose all supplies of the drug purchased or otherwise obtained by him or her and all dealings in the drug effected by him or her (including sales or supplies to persons outside Saint Lucia) in the form and containing the particulars shown in Schedule 1 to these Regulations;
(b) separate registers or separate parts of the register shall be used for—
(i) cocaine and ecgonine and substances containing them,
(ii) morphine and substances containing it,
(iii) diacetylmorphine and substances containing it,
(iv) medicinal opium,
(v) extract or tincture of Indian hemp,
(vi) dihydro-hydroxycodeinone (commonly known as eucodal), and preparations containing dihydrohydroxycodeinone,
(vii) dihydrocodeinone (commonly known as dicodide), and preparations containing dihydrocodeinone,
(viii) dihydromorphinone (commonly known as dilau-dide) and preparations containing dihydro-morphinone.
However, with the approval of the Governor General separate registers may be kept for separate departments of a business; and
(c) he or she shall make the entry with respect to any of the drugs purchased or otherwise obtained by him or her on the day on which the drug is received, and with respect to any sale or supply by him or her of the drug on the day on which the transaction is effected; or where that is not reasonably convenient on the day following the day on which the drug is received or the transaction is effected;
(d) where he or she carries on business at more than one set of premises he or she shall keep a separate register or registers in respect of each set of premises;
(e) he or she shall keep the register or registers in some part of the premises to which it relates so that it shall at all times be available for inspection in accordance with the provisions of the Dangerous Drugs Act, 1938;
(f) he or she shall not cancel, obliterate, or alter any entry in the register or make therein any entry which is untrue in any particular. Any mistake in an entry may be corrected by a marginal note or footnote giving the correct particulars and dated;
(g) he or she shall furnish to the Governor General or to any person authorised by any order of the Governor General for the purpose all information in regard to any purchases by him or her of the drugs, and all transactions effected by him or her in the drugs as may be required by the Governor General for the purpose of seeing that the provisions of the Act are observed.
(2) A medical practitioner who records in a day book particulars of any of the drugs supplied by him or her to any patient, together with the name and address of the patient and date of the supply, may, in lieu of keeping the register required by this regulation of drugs sold or supplied by him or her, enter separately for each of the drugs in a book to be kept for the purpose references under the appropriate dates to the records in the day book of any supply of the drug. A person lawfully keeping open shop for the retailing of poisons in accordance with the provisions of the Medical Registration Act may in lieu of keeping the register required by this regulation of drugs sold or supplied by him or her enter separately for each of the drugs in a book to be kept for the purpose references under the appropriate dates to the entries “Poisons Book” or “Prescription Book” kept by him or her in pursuance of the said Medical Registration Act relating to any supply of the drugs. However, all such books shall at all times be available for inspection in accordance with the provisions of the Act.
(3) A medical practitioner, dentist and veterinary surgeon shall enter or cause to be entered in a register kept for the sole purpose in respect of each such supply of each of the drugs purchased or otherwise obtained by him or her the particulars shown at (a) in Schedule 1.