Regulation 14 Accountable officers to monitor and audit the management and use of controlled drugs by relevant individuals, and to monitor and assess their performance

(1)

An accountable officer must—

(a)

establish and operate, or ensure that his designated body establishes and operates; and

(b)

ensure that a body or person acting on behalf of, or providing services under arrangements made with, his designated body establishes and operates,

the arrangements mentioned in paragraph (2).

(2)

Those arrangements are appropriate arrangements—

(a)

for monitoring and auditing the management and use of controlled drugs by a person who is, as regards the designated body, a relevant individual; and

(b)

for monitoring and assessing the performance of persons who are, as regards the designated body, relevant individuals, in connection with the management and use of controlled drugs.

(3)

The arrangements under paragraph (1) must, where appropriate, provide for the following—

(a)

recording, in accordance with regulation 15, any concerns raised in relation to the management or use of controlled drugs by a relevant individual;

(b)

assessing and investigating, in accordance with regulation 16, any concerns raised regarding the management or use of controlled drugs by a relevant individual; and

(c)

determining whether there are concerns in relation to the management or use of controlled drugs by a relevant individual which the designated body reasonably considers should be shared with a responsible body under regulation 25.