Queensland Consolidated Regulations

HEALTH (DRUGS AND POISONS) REGULATION 1996 - REG 120

120 Request for information about treatment with controlled drug

(1) This section applies if the chief executive reasonably suspects a relevant practitioner has administered, dispensed, prescribed or supplied a controlled drug in the treatment of a patient.

(2) The chief executive may ask the relevant practitioner to give the chief executive stated information about the treatment of the patient within a stated reasonable time.

(3) The relevant practitioner must comply with the request, unless the relevant practitioner has a reasonable excuse for not complying with it.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.

(4) In this section—

"relevant practitioner" means a dentist, doctor, endorsed midwife, nurse practitioner, physician’s assistant, surgical podiatrist or endorsed podiatrist.