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SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 101.02
INTERNAL CONTROL OF DANGEROUS DRUGS 
RULES
1st September, 1939
GOVERNMENT NOTICE 292 of 1939, as amended by Government
Notices 449 of 1942 and 545 of 1957; Legal Notices 4 of 1974, 40 of 1984,
23 of 1985, 64 of 1986 and 33 of 1989.
Title.
Drugs Rules.
Interpretation.
otherwise requires -
"medical practitioner", "dental surgeon", "dentist", "veterinary
surgeon", "apothecary" mean in each case a person holding a
licence to practice in Malta the profession indicated;
Cap. 101.
"register" means a bound book and does not include any form of
loose-leaf register or card index.
(2) The drugs to which these Rules apply are those to which
Part V of the Ordinance applies, unless the context otherwise
requires.
Prohibition.
manufacture of any of the drugs -
( a ) unless he is licensed by the Minister responsible for
Health or is authorised by these Rules or by any
authority granted by the Minister responsible for
Health to do so;
( b ) except on premises licensed for the purpose by the
Minister responsible for health;
( c ) otherwise than in accordance with the terms and
conditions of such licence or authority.
Prohibition unless 
authorised.
4. No person shall supply or procure, or offer to supply or
procure, the drugs to or for any person and whether in these Islands
or elsewhere, or advertise the drugs for sale - 
( a ) unless he is licensed by the Minister responsible for
Health or is authorised by these Rules or by authority
granted by the Minister responsible for Health to
supply the drugs, or unless he is in possession of an
import or export authorisation issued by the Chief
Government Medical Officer in pursuance of the
provisions of Part VI of the Ordinance, or unless he is
licensed or otherwise authorised to manufacture the
drug or (but so far only as regards procuring) unless he
is licensed to procure the same;
( b ) otherwise than in accordance with the terms and
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conditions of such licence or authority.
Drugs lawfully 
dispensed to 
licensed or 
authorised persons.
5. Except when the drugs are lawfully dispensed in pursuance
of a prescription given by a medical practitioner, dental surgeon,
dentist, or veterinary surgeon, in accordance with the conditions
hereinafter in these Rules specified, no person shall supply or
procure, or offer to supply or procure, any of the drugs to or for any
person in these Islands who is not licensed or otherwise authorised
to be in possession of the drug nor to any person so licensed or
authorised except in accordance with the terms and conditions of
such licence or authority: 
Provided that the administration of the drug by or under the
direct personal supervision of a medical practitioner, or by a dental
surgeon or by a dentist in dental treatment, or by, or under the
direct personal supervision of a, veterinary surgeon in the treatment
of any animal, shall not be deemed to be supplying the drug within
the meaning of these Rules.
Prescription for 
drugs.
Amended by:
G.N. 448 of 1942;
G.N. 545 of 1957.
Substituted by:
L.N. 40 of 1984.
6. (1) Every prescription for the supply of the drugs shall be
written in ink or in other indelible material on the form set out in
the First Schedule to these Rules.
(2) A medical practitioner issuing a prescription for drugs
shall fill in a clear and legible hand Part A of the form set out in the
First Schedule, and to supply all the details and give all the
information (including additional information in the case of
prescriptions for methadone or for any salt or ester thereof); the
medical practitioner shall further add his signature in full and the
date when the prescription was issued:
Cap. 31.
Provided that in the case of a medical practitioner
authorised to practise the medical profession under article 4 of the
Medical and Kindred Professions Ordinance but who is not yet
registered with the Medical Council, such practitioner shall insert
the number given to him by the Superintendent of Public Health
instead of the Medical Council registration number on the said
prescription.
(3) Subject to the provisions of sub-rule (11) of this rule, no
medical practitioner shall issue a prescription for the supply of the
drugs unless the prescription complies with the provisions of sub-
rules (1) and (2) of this rule, and unless the drugs are required for
the purpose of medical treatment:
Provided that a medical practitioner may, subject to the
other provisions of these Rules, issue a prescription for
professional use for an amount not in excess of ten phials for
injection or of twenty tablets or capsules:
Provided further that -
(i) in the case of a dental surgeon or a dentist a
prescription may only be issued for the purposes
of dental treatment and such prescription shall
be marked "for dental treatment only"; and
(ii) in the case of a veterinary surgeon a prescription
shall only be issued for the purposes of
treatment of animals and shall be marked "for
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animal treatment only".
(4) Every medical practitioner who obtains the drugs for
professional use as provided for in the first proviso to sub-rule (3),
shall keep, in accordance with, and without prejudice to the
provisions of rule 11, a record in an appropriate register, of the
name and surname, the age and address of the patient to whom the
drug has been administered and the date of administration and the
medical indication for administering the drug.
(5) No medical practitioner shall issue a prescription for the
drugs to any person unless such person is well known to him or
unless the medical practitioner has ascertained the identity of such
person through his Identity Card.
(6) No medical practitioner shall issue a prescription for the
drugs to any person unless the said medical practitioner has taken
reasonably sufficient steps to ascertain that such person is not at the
time of issuing the prescription, receiving treatment from another
medical practitioner in respect of addiction to any of the drugs or
otherwise, and that such person has not been supplied with any of
such drugs on a prescription issued by that other medical
practitioner.
S.L. 31.18
(7) A medical practitioner shall use a separate form in respect
of every drug prescribed by him under these Rules, and no drug
other than a drug to which the provisions of the Ordinance or of the
Drugs (Control) Regulations, apply, may be prescribed on these
forms.
(8) A medical practitioner shall in prescribing the drugs use
only prescription forms from the booklets of forms in serial number
issued to him by the Superintendent of Public Health upon a
request made on the form set out in the First Schedule and it shall
be the duty of a medical practitioner, whether for the purpose of his
private practice or for carrying out his duties in an official capacity
as a result of his employment with Government, with a view to
meeting the needs of his patients, to make a request for such
prescription booklets on the said form; such request form shall be
correctly filled in all respects and signed by the practitioner, and
shall be either handed in personally to the Chief Pharmacist at the
Government Medical Stores, Gwardamangia or sent by post to the
Superintendent of Public Health at the Department of Health in
Valletta; when sent by post the envelope may be marked "Public
Health Notifications" for the purpose of exemption from postage.
(9) It shall be the duty of a medical practitioner to report in
writing forthwith to the Superintendent of Public Health any case
of theft or loss of such booklet and it shall not be lawful for a
medical practitioner to use any prescription form from any booklet
of forms issued to another medical practitioner.
(10) For the purpose of this rule, the expression "medical
practitioner" includes a dental surgeon, a dentist and a veterinary
surgeon.
(11) The provisions of sub-rules (1), (2), (7), (8) and (9) shall
not apply to the prescription of the drugs for administration to ward
patients in Government hospitals, which prescription shall be
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controlled by the hospital internal rules.
Conditions to 
dispense drugs.
Amended by:
G.N. 545 of 1957.
Substituted by:
L.N. 40 of 1984.
7. (1) No person other than an apothecary shall dispense a
prescription for the drugs.
(2) No apothecary shall dispense a prescription for the drugs
unless -
( a ) he is acquainted with the signature of the person by
whom it purports to have been issued, and he has no
reason to suppose that it is not genuine and he has
taken reasonable steps to satisfy himself that it is
genuine; and
( b ) the prescription complies with the provisions of rule 6.
(3) The drugs shall not be supplied more than once on the
same prescription.
(4) An apothecary dispensing a prescription for the drugs shall
fill in a clear and legible hand in ink or other indelible material Part
C of the form set out in the First Schedule, supply all the details
and give all the information as therein required, and the apothecary
shall add his signature in full and the date, and shall after
dispensing the prescription, retain it.
(5) For the purpose of sub-rule (4), an apothecary dispensing a
prescription for the drugs shall request the identity card of the
person in respect of whom the prescription has been issued, the
person who intends to acquire the drugs whether for himself or on
behalf of the person to whom the drugs have been prescribed shall
present the said identity card as well as his own identity card
together with the prescription:
Provided that the provision of this sub-rule, and the
relative part of the provision of sub-rule (4) shall not apply in
respect of a person who has not yet been issued with an identity
card.
(6) Every managing apothecary of a licensed dispensary shall
send to the Superintendent of Public Health in a sealed envelope on
the first day of every month all the prescriptions for the drugs
dispensed from that dispensary during the preceding month. That
envelope shall be addressed "Superintendent of Public Health,
Department of Health, Valletta" and may be marked "Public Health
Notifications" for the purpose of exemption from postage .
Control card.
Added by:
L.N. 64 of 1986;
Amended by:
L.N. 33 of 1989.
8. (1) ( a )  No medical practitioner may prescribe any drug to
any person unless such person is in possession of a control card, as
per the Fifth Schedule, issued for the purpose by the
Superintendent of Public Health.
 ( b ) In prescribing any drug to any person, the prescriber
shall enter in a clear, indelible and legible manner all the details set
out in columns 1 to 4 of the control card, and shall then return the
card to such person together with the prescription:
Provided that a medical practitioner may, in making the
application on behalf of a person on the request form as set out in
the Sixth Schedule, also issue a prescription for a supply of a drug
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to such person and may attach the prescription to such request
form:
Provided further that such prescription shall only become
valid when the provisions of the proviso to sub-rule (2) have been
complied with.
(2) The Superintendent shall issue such control card to the
person concerned on receipt of a request, from a medical
practitioner to this effect, made on the form as set out in the Sixth
Schedule:
Provided that in the case of a prescription for a supply of a
drug as provided for in the provisos to sub-rule (1), the
Superintendent shall enter the details of the relative prescription in
columns 1 to 4 of the control card.
(3) No control card shall be valid in excess of a period of one
year from the date on which it is issued, unless it is renewed by the
Superintendent of Public Health following a request by a medical
practitioner, on the form set out in the Sixth Schedule.
(4) No apothecary shall dispense any drug to any person who
is not in possession of a control card as set out in sub-rule (1).
(5) On dispensing a drug, the apothecary shall, in addition to
other duties laid down by these Rules or by any law, enter in a
clear, indelible and legible manner all the details set out in columns
5 to 8 on the card, and shall then return the card to the person
presenting the prescription.
(6) ( a ) Notwithstanding the provisions of this rule, it shall be
lawful for a medical practitioner to prescribe in urgent
cases a drug to a patient who is not in possession of a
control card provided that: 
(i) the prescription is labelled "URGENT"; 
(ii) the amount prescribed does not exceed seven
days’ supply;
(iii) it complies with other requirements of these
Rules; and
(iv) the prescriber notifies the Superintendent of
Public Health within forty-eight hours of issuing
such prescription, giving full particulars of the
patient, the name, form and dose and amount of
drug prescribed and reasons for the urgency.
( b ) It shall be lawful for an apothecary to dispense such a
prescription complying with sub-paragraphs (i), (ii)
and (iii) of paragraph ( a ).
(7) The provisions of this rule shall not apply to the
prescription of a drug by a medical practitioner employed in a
Government hospital, for administration to ward patients at that
time under his care in such hospital, which prescription shall be
controlled by hospital internal rules.
(8) Any request or notification in terms of this rule may be
made in person or sent by post in a sealed envelope addressed to the
Superintendent of Public Health, Department of Health, Valletta,
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and marked "Public Health Notification - Confidential" for the
purpose of exemption from postage.
(9) For the purpose of this rule, the expression "medical
practitioner" includes a dental surgeon and a dentist but does not
include a veterinary surgeon.
(10) The Superintendent may withdraw the control card of a
person who is suspected of abusing of a drug prescribed to him, or
who is in any other way abusing of the control card system.
(11) The Superintendent may include on the control card such
guidelines as he may deem necessary regarding the prescription of
any drugs.
Possession of 
drugs.
9. No person shall be in possession of or attempt to obtain
possession of any of the drugs unless - 
( a ) he is in possession of an import or export authorisation
issued by the Chief Government Medical Officer in
pursuance of the provisions of Part VI of the
Ordinance; or
( b ) he is licensed or otherwise authorised to manufacture
or supply such drug; or
( c ) he is otherwise licensed by the Minister responsible
for the Department of Health or authorised by these
Rules or by any authority granted by the Minister
responsible for health to be in possession of the drug;
or
( d ) he proves that the drug was supplied for his use in
accordance with such a prescription: 
Provided that the qualification contained in paragraph ( d )
shall not apply in the case of any drug supplied to a person for his
use in accordance with a prescription if that person was at the time
of the supply in course of receiving treatment from another medical
practitioner in respect of addiction to any of the drugs or otherwise,
and of being supplied with any of the drugs on a prescription given
by that last-mentioned practitioner and did not disclose that fact to
the first-mentioned practitioner before the drug was supplied to
him. 
Package or bottle 
to be plainly 
marked.
Amended by:
G.N. 449 of 1942.
10. (1) No person shall supply any of the drugs unless the
package or bottle is plainly marked in ink or in other indelible
manner with the nature and amount of the drug contained therein.
(2) No person shall supply any preparation, admixture, extract
or other article containing any of the drugs unless the package or
bottle is plainly marked in ink or other indelible manner-
( a ) in the case of a powder, solution or ointment with the
total amount thereof in the package or bottle and the
percentage of the drug in the powder, solution or
ointment; and
( b ) in the case of tablets or other articles with the amount
of the drug in each article and the number of articles in
the package or bottle:
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Provided that this rule shall not apply to any preparation
supplied in accordance with the prescription of a medical
practitioner, dental surgeon, dentist or veterinary surgeon.
Compliance.
comply with the following provisions:
( a ) he shall enter or cause to be entered in a register kept
for this sole purpose all supplies of the drug purchased
or otherwise obtained by him and all dealings in the
drug effected by him (including sales or supplies to
persons outside these Islands) in the form, with such
variations as circumstances may require, and
containing the particulars shown in the Second
Schedule;
( b ) he shall make the entry with respect to any of the drugs
purchased or otherwise obtained by him on the day on
which the drug is received, and with respect to any
sale or supply by him of the drug on the day on which
the transaction is effected; or, where that is not
reasonably practicable, on the day next following the
day on which the drug is received or the transaction is
effected;
( c ) where he carries on business at more than one set of
premises he shall keep a separate register or registers
in respect of each set of premises;
( d ) he shall keep the register or registers in some part of
the premises to which it relates, so that it or they shall
at all times be available for inspection in accordance
with the provisions of the Ordinance;
( e ) he 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;
( f ) every entry required to be made and every correction
of such an entry must be made in ink or otherwise so
as to be indelible;
( g ) he shall furnish to the Chief Government Medical
Officer such particulars as the said Chief Government
Medical Officer may require in regard to any
purchases by him of the drugs, all stocks held by him
of the drugs, and all transactions effected by him in the
drugs.
(2) A drug or preparation administered by, or under the direct
supervision and in the presence of, a medical practitioner or dental
surgeon or dentist shall not be deemed to have been supplied by
him.
(3) With the approval of the Chief Government Medical
Officer, separate registers may be kept for separate departments of
a business.
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Apothecary. 12. (1) An apothecary is hereby authorised -
( a ) to manufacture in the ordinary course of his retail
business any preparation, admixture or extract of any
of the drugs; and
( b ) to carry on the business of retailing, dispensing or
compounding the drugs, but subject always to the
provisions of these Rules.
(2) Every drug in the actual custody of a person authorised by
virtue of this rule shall be kept in a locked receptacle which can be
opened only by him.
(3) Where under the provisions of article 9(2) of the Ordinance
any such authorisation has been withdrawn, notice of such
withdrawal shall be published in the Gazette.
Authorised 
persons.
13. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in
these Rules, any medical practitioner, dental surgeon, dentist,
veterinary surgeon or apothecary, or any person in charge of a
laboratory used for research or instruction and attached to any
public hospital or other institution approved by the Minister
responsible for Health for the purpose, is hereby authorised, so far
as may be necessary for the practice of his profession or
employment in such capacity and in accordance with the provisions
of any law relative to such profession or employment, to be in
possession of and to supply the drugs.
Conviction for an 
offence.
14. (1) If any person authorised by these Rules or by an
authority granted by the Minister responsible for Health to
manufacture, supply or possess the drugs or any of them is
convicted of an offence against the Ordinance or these Rules, the
Minister responsible for Health may, if he is of opinion that that
person ought not to be allowed to manufacture, supply or possess
the drugs, withdraw the authority of such person and notice of such
withdrawal shall be published in the Gazette: 
Provided that nothing in this rule shall be taken to prejudice
any power otherwise vested in the Minister responsible for Health
of withdrawing any authority previously given by him.
(2) Where the person whose authority is withdrawn under sub-
rule (1) of this rule is a medical practitioner, dental surgeon, dentist
or veterinary surgeon, it shall not be lawful, if the Minister
responsible for Health so directs, for that person to give
prescriptions for the purposes of these Rules, and notice of any
such direction shall be given to the person affected thereby and
shall be published in the Gazette.
(3) If the Minister responsible for Health has reason to suspect
that a medical practitioner or dental surgeon or dentist is supplying
or prescribing drugs to or for either himself or any other person
otherwise than is properly required for the purpose of medical or
dental treatment of himself or that of any other person, the Minister
responsible for Health may refer the matter to the Tribunal
constituted in the manner specified in the Third Schedule, and, if
the Tribunal so recommends, the Minister responsible for Health
may withdraw the authority of the practitioner or dental surgeon or
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dentist to supply, procure or possess the drugs and give the like
direction with respect to him as may be given under sub-rule (2) of
this rule, and notice of any such withdrawal or direction shall be
given to the person affected thereby and shall be published in the
Gazette.
Delivery and 
supply of drugs.
Amended by:
G.N. 449 of 1942.
15. (1) No person shall deliver any of the drugs to any person
not licensed or otherwise authorised to be in possession of the
drugs who purports to be sent by or on behalf of a person so
licensed or authorised unless such person produces an authority in
ink or in other indelible manner, signed by the person so licensed or
authorised, to receive the drug on his behalf, and unless the person
supplying the drug is satisfied that the authority is genuine. This
rule shall not be deemed to apply to medicines dispensed in
accordance with the provisions of these Rules.
(2)  A person to whom a drug is lawfully delivered in the
circumstances mentioned in sub-rule (1) shall be deemed to be a
person authorised to be in possession thereof, but for such period
only as in the circumstances of the case is reasonably sufficient to
enable the delivery to the recipient to be effected.
Possession of 
drugs.
16. Any of the drugs in the order or disposition of any person
shall be deemed to be in his possession.
Preparations.
the Fourth Schedule, nor to any such preparations when mixed with
an inert substance required to render the medicament suitably
coherent.
Prescriptions, 
records, etc.
18. Prescriptions, records, registers or other documents
required to be retained or kept in pursuance of the Ordinance or of
any of these Rules shall be preserved for not less than two years
from the date of the prescription or document or the last entry in the
record register, as the case may be, and shall be kept at all times
available for inspection in accordance with the provisions of the
Ordinance.
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Added by:
G.N. 545 of 1957.
Substituted by: FIRST SCHEDULE
L.N. 40 of 1984.
Amended by:
L.N. 23 of 1985. (Rules 6 and 7)
PRESCRIPTION FOR NARCOTIC AND PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS
(Only one item may be prescribed on this Form)
Serial No.
A. TO BE FILLED BY PRESCRIBER C. TO BE FILLED BY 
DISPENSING APOTHECARYPATIENT
Name and Surname ................................................................. PATIENT
Address ................................................................................... Surname Name
ITEM Quantity
(incl. Form& Dose) I.D
Directions for use
Additional information in respect of Prescriptions for METHADONE Male Female
ITEM
Expected Duration of Treatment .................... Quantity Supplied
Medical Indication ........................................ Total Quantity
in Units ...............................................................
PRESCRIBER Med Council Reg. No. Total Quantity
in Weight/Measure ...............................................
Name and Surname .......................................................... PRESCRIPTION ORIGIN
Address .......................................................................... Hospitals .............................................................
Signature ............................................... Date .................... Govt. Clinics .......................................................
..
Private .......................................................
..
B. FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY DISPENSER
To be filled by Government Dispenser Signature................................................................
.
PRESCRIPTION TYPE Pharmacy Board Reg. No
Pink Form Schedule III  Others Dispensary Address
Direct Postal .........................................................................
LOCATION DISPENSER Dispensary 
To be filled by Coder DH Licence No.
Item No. Prescription Origin Date
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REQUEST FOR PRESCRIPTION FORMS FOR NARCOTIC AND 
PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS 
I request .................... booklet/s by .................. prescription forms.
Name and surname of prescriber ....................................................
( IN BLOCK LETTERS)
Private address ..................................................................................................... 
( IN BLOCK LETTERS)
.......................................................................................................
Supplied ................... booklet/s by ................... prescription forms.
Serial No. ........................ to ........................
( a ) If withdrawn personally by prescriber.
........................................... ...................................
Signature of Prescriber  Date
( b ) If forwarded by mail.
Forwarded by .................................... on ...........................
A.R. Card to be attached.
Signature ..................Med. Council Reg. No.
FOR OFFICIAL USE
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Amended by:
L.N. 40 of 1984;
L.N. 23 of 1985. 
(Rule 11)
A. Register of Drugs to which Part V of the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance applies
Purchased or otherwise obtained
B. Register of Drugs to which Part V of the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance applies
Sold or supplied.
Name of 
substance 
purchased or 
otherwise 
obtained
Date on 
which 
supply 
received
Name of 
person, body 
or firm from 
whom 
obtained
Address of 
person, body 
or firm from 
whom 
obtained
Form in which 
obtainedAmount obtained
Name of 
substance 
sold or 
supplied
Date on 
which the 
transaction 
was effected
Name of 
person, body 
or firm to 
whom sold 
or supplied
Address 
of person, 
body or 
firm to 
whom or 
which 
sold or 
supplied
Authority of 
person, body 
or firm to bein 
possession of 
the substances
Amount 
sold or 
supplied
Form in 
which 
sold or 
supplied
When sale is 
on 
prescription, 
specify the 
ingredients or 
the 
prescriptions 
and insert the 
official serial 
number 
printed on the 
prescription 
form
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THIRD SCHEDULE  Substituted by:
L.N. 4 of 1974.
(Rule 14)
The Medical Council constituted under article 20 of the Department of Health
(Constitution) Ordinance shall be the tribunal for the purposes mentioned in sub-rule
(3) of rule 14 of these Rules.
FOURTH SCHEDULE
(Rule 17) 
Preparations exempt from the Rules
Cereoli Idoformi et Mophineae, B.P.C. ’23
Elixir Diamorph. et Terpin. c. Apomorph., B.P.C.
Emp. Opii, B.P. ’98.
Linctus Diamorph. Camph., B.P.C.
Linctus Diamorph. c. Ipecac., B.P.C.
Linctus Diamorph. et Scill., B.P.C.
Lin. Opii, B.P. ’14.
Lin. Opii Ammon., B.P.C. ’23.
Pasta Arsenicals, B.P.C.
Pil. Digitalis et Opii Co., B.P.C. ’23.
Pil. Hydrarg. c. Cret. et Opii, B.P.C.
Pil. Hydrag. c. Opio, B.P.C. ’23.
Pil. Ipecac. c. Scill., B.P. ’14.
Pil. Plubi c.Opio. B.P. ’14.
Pulv. Cret. Aromat. c. Opio, B.P.
Pulv. Ipecac. et Opii, B.P (Dover’s Powder).
Pulv. Kino Co. B.P., ’14.
Suppos. Plumbi c. Opio, B.P.
Tabellae Plumbi c Opio, B.P.C. 
Ung. Gallae c. Opio, B.P.C. (Ung. Gallae Co.).
Mixtures of Emp. Opii, B.P. ’98 with other plasters of the British Pharmacopoeia
1914 and 1932, and of the British Pharmaceutical Codex.
Mixtures of Lin. Opii, B.P. ’14 with other liniments of the British Pharmacopoeia
1914 and 1932, and of the British Pharmaceutical Codex.
Mixtures of Pulv. Ipecac. Co., B.P. ’14 and of Pulv. Ipecac. et Opii, B.P. with any of
the following:
Hydrarg. c. Cret., B.P.
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Acetysalicylic Acid.
Phenacetin.
Quinine and its Salts.
Sodium Bicarbonate
Mixtures of Ung. Gallae c. Opio, B.P.C. (Ung. Gallae Co.) with other ointments and
plasters of the British Pharmacopoeia 1914 and 1932, and of the British
Pharmaceutical Codex.
Mixtures of Lin. Opii Ammon., B.P.C. ’23 with other liniments of the British
Pharmacopoeia 1914 and 1932, and of the British Pharmaceutical Codex.
Added by:
L.N. 64 of 1986.
Amended by:
L.N. 33 of 1989.
FIFTH SCHEDULE
(Rule 8)
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
DRUGS (CONTROL) REGULATIONS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS (INTERNAL CONTROL) RULES 
CONTROL CARD FOR NARCOTIC/PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS
Name and Surname of Patient ....................................
Identity Card No. (where available, or Passport No.,
in case of non-Maltese citizens who do not hold an
Identity Card):
................................................
Address ................................................
.............................................................
Date of Issue of Card .......... Valid till ........................ .............................................................
Superintendent of Public Health
(Columns 1 - 4 to be filled by Prescriber) (Columns 5 - 8 to be filled by Dispensing Apothecary)
Date of 
Prescription
Name of 
Drug.
Form and 
Dose
Amount 
Prescribed
Signature of 
Medical 
Practitioner 
and Medical 
Council Reg. 
No.
Amount 
Dispensed
Date of 
Dispensing
Signature of 
Apothecary
D.H. Licence 
No. of 
Dispensary
INTERNAL CONTROL OF DANGEROUS DRUGS  [ S.L.101.02 15
SIXTH SCHEDULE Added by:
L.N. 64 of 1986.
(Rule 8)
DRUGS (CONTROL) REGULATIONS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS 
(INTERNAL CONTROL) RULES
REQUEST FOR THE ISSUE/RENEWAL OF A CONTROL CARD FOR 
NARCOTIC AND PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS
Superintendent of Public Health
I hereby request that Mr/Ms ................................... aged .............
I. D. No.  * ............................... residing at ....................................
.......................................................................................................
(i) be issued with a control card for narcotic/psychotropic drugs (§)
(ii) have the control card for narcotic/psychotropic drugs renewed.(§)
(§) Delete whatever is inapplicable.
Signature of Medical Practitioner ...................................................
Name and Address of 
Medical Practitioner ...........................................................
...........................................................
...........................................................
...........................................................
Medical Council Reg. No. ...............................................
Date .......................................
* In case of non-Maltese citizens not holding an I.D. Card, the Passport No., is to be inserted; in the
case of a minor the particulars inserted are to be in relation to the I. D. Card or passport of the father,
mother or guardian.
