# Children’s Homes Regulations 1991, Regulation 9: Storage of medicinal products


(1) Subject to paragraph (3), the responsible authority shall ensure that any medicinal product which is kept in a children’s home shall be stored in a secure place so as to prevent any child accommodated there having access to it otherwise than under the supervision of a member of the staff of the home.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), the person in charge of a children’s home shall ensure that no medicinal product shall be administered to a child otherwise than by a member of the staff of the children’s home, a registered nurse or registered medical practitioner.
(3) Paragraphs (1) and (2) do not apply to a medicinal product which—
(a) is stored by the child for whom it is provided in such a way that others are prevented from using it; and
(b) may safely be self-administered by that child.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/1506/regulation/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/childrens-homes-regulations-1991/regulation-9
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