A child resistant safety device for an oral dosage form including a handle having a proximal end and a distal end to which an oral dosage form is mounted either directly or indirectly a cover that moves with respect to the handle, or vice versa, for selectively shielding the oral dosage form and a releasable locking mechanism that is moveable between a locked configuration and an unlocked configuration. In the locked configuration, the releasable locking mechanism is configured to prevent movement of the safety device to a deployed configuration in which the oral dosage form is exposed, and, in the unlocked configuration, the releasable locking mechanism is configured to permit movement of the safety device to the deployed configuration.
