reg 8 Storage of medicines
(1) Any medical store required to be carried by regulation 4 shall be stored in accordance with any instructions on its container or prescribed in Merchant Shipping Notice 1768 (M+F) . (2) Any medicine which is a controlled drug shall, be stored in accordance with the requirements for controlled drugs contained in the Ship Captain’s Medical Guide. (3) Subject to paragraph (2), any medicine mentioned in paragraph (1), unless it is required to be kept in a refrigerator or in a first aid satchel or box, shall be stored: (a) in the medical cabinet if there is one; or (b) otherwise in a cool, dry, locked cabinet or locked container. (4) Any medical stores kept in a hyperbaric decompression chamber or otherwise in such a way as not to be readily accessible at all times to the master or any person authorised by him shall not be taken into account in respect of the requirements of regulation 4.