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CRC are not a legal requirement. They are, however, a professional requirement. Thus with medicines that need to be stored in the original container, you have to weigh up the risk of not giving a CRC against the risk of the medication being less effective due to repackaging.
Different places have different protocols. My previous hospital would dispense things like Madopar in the original container with no CRC but my current one repackages them into a CRC and gives them a 4 week expiry date (from company info).

I do think there should be pressure on the companies to package in CRC. You would then have to use professional discretion whether to repackage in particular cases eg patients with arthritis who cannot open such lids.

If you do give out a medicine in the original packaging with no CRC the Society do recommend that extra counselling is given regarding keeping out of reach of children.