17 Accountable officers and their responsibilities as to controlled drugs
Health Act 2006 (2006 c 28) | Legislation

Part 3 Drugs, Medicines and Pharmacies

Chapter 1
Supervision of Management and Use of Controlled Drugs

17  Accountable officers and their responsibilities as to controlled drugs

(1)     The relevant authority may by regulations make provision for or in connection with requiring designated bodies to nominate or appoint persons who are to have prescribed responsibilities in relation to the safe, appropriate and effective management and use of controlled drugs in connection with—

(a)     activities carried on by or on behalf of the designated bodies, and

(b)     activities carried on by or on behalf of bodies or persons providing services under arrangements made with the designated bodies.

(2)     The person who is to be so nominated or appointed by a designated body is to be known as its accountable officer.

This is subject to any regulations made by virtue of subsection (5)(e).

(3)     In this Chapter “designated body” means—

(a)     a body falling within any description of bodies prescribed as designated bodies for the purposes of this section, or

(b)     a body prescribed as a designated body for those purposes.

(4)     The descriptions of bodies, or bodies, that may be so prescribed

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