Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) A pharmacist may, in the course of practising in the pharmacy profession, supply an unrestricted Schedule 4 substance to a person (the patient ), or another person who acts for the patient (the agent ) if:
(a) the pharmacist is reasonably satisfied supplying the substance is justified because of urgent circumstances; and
(b) the pharmacist, or another pharmacist, has previously supplied the substance for administration to or by the patient on the prescription of an authorised prescriber for the substance; and
(c) for a supply to the agent:
(i) the agent gives the pharmacist the name and contact details of the authorised prescriber; and
(ii) the agent produces to the pharmacist proof of the agent's identity.
(2) Subsection (1) does not authorise the pharmacist to supply more than:
(a) 7 days supply of the substance administered at the daily dose the pharmacist reasonably believes the authorised prescriber would recommend be administered to the patient; or
(b) the smallest primary pack of the substance that has been packaged and labelled by the substance's manufacturer in compliance with the medicines and poisons standard.