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MEDICINES, POISONS AND THERAPEUTIC GOODS ACT 2012 - SECT 48

Supplying and administering in prohibited circumstances

    (1)     An authorised health practitioner must not supply or administer an unrestricted Schedule 8 substance to someone in a prohibited circumstance mentioned in subsection (2) unless the supply or administration is authorised under:

        (a)     a Schedule 8 authorisation; or

        (b)     a Schedule 8 exemption.

Maximum penalty:     200 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years.

    (2)     Each of the following is a prohibited circumstance for the supply or administration of an unrestricted Schedule 8 substance:

        (a)     for treating a person's addiction to a substance;

        (b)     for another purpose prescribed by regulation.



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