5.5.6. 5.5.7. 5.6. Female overseer-orderlies shall serve on duty in women’s wards, and male overseer-orderlies shall serve in men’s wards. The relevant training programs for the medical personnel should be revised, including their duration, frequency, and content, and their conformity with the international requirements shall be secured. Medication; Lab Tests 5.6.1. 5.6.2. 5.6.3. 5.6.4. 5.6.5. The use of expired medication is impermissible. Proper oversight shall be established in psychiatric organizations over the use of medication with unknown expiry date and expired medication, including the use thereof, in order to preclude any such practice. Overdue medication and medical supplies shall be properly disposed of. Violating this rule may be dangerous for not only persons held in psychiatric organizations, but also the environment. The legislation should prescribe the procedure according to which a psychiatric organization shall provide psychotropic (psychoactive) substances to a person held in a psychiatric organization during the time when such person is receiving treatment for a somatic illness in another medical institution. Proper and safe conditions for storing medication, including psychotropic medication shall be ensured in psychiatric organizations. When patients are able to purchase medication from pharmacies that are located outside a psychiatric organization, their use shall be controlled. Regulations shall be developed on the introduction of such medication into psychiatric organizations and the safety of keeping and using such medication inside such organizations. 62   

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