Queensland Consolidated Regulations

HEALTH (DRUGS AND POISONS) REGULATION 1996 - REG 131

131 Advertising controlled drugs

(1) A person must not advertise, or cause someone else to advertise, a substance that is or contains a controlled drug, whether or not the controlled drug is named in the advertisement.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—80 penalty units.

(2) However, subsection (1) does not apply to—

(a) an advertisement in a professional or trade journal; or

(b) a price list, advertisement or promotional material intended for circulation only to the wholesale drug trade or the dental, medical, pharmaceutical or veterinary professions; or

(c) a price list that complies with the document called ‘Price Information Code of Practice’, published by the Therapeutic Goods Administration, as in force from time to time.

Editor’s note—

A copy of the Price Information Code of Practice may be obtained from the Therapeutic Goods Administration’s website.