Queensland Consolidated Regulations

HEALTH (DRUGS AND POISONS) REGULATION 1996 - REG 189

189 Exemptions for some acts involving certain regulated restricted drugs

(1) This part does not prevent—

(a) a person dispensing a section 189 drug on a lawful prescription written by someone who may prescribe the drug; or

(b) a restricted drug manufacturer or wholesaler selling a section 189 drug; or

(c) a person under medical treatment who is lawfully supplied with a section 189 drug using the drug in the way directed.

(2) Also, this part does not prevent either of the following from being carried out under the supervision of a relevant specialist or registrar under this part—

(a) a doctor or nurse practitioner administering, or giving an oral or written instruction to administer, a section 189 drug to a person who is an inpatient in a hospital (the
"inpatient" );

(b) a nurse administering a section 189 drug to an inpatient in a hospital under an oral or written instruction mentioned in paragraph (a) .

(3) Subsection (2) applies only if the inpatient was receiving treatment with the section 189 drug immediately before becoming an inpatient in the hospital.

(4) In this section—

"section 189 drug" means any of the following regulated restricted drugs—

(a) acitretin;

(b) etretinate;

(c) isotretinoin;

(d) thalidomide;

(e) dinoprost;

(f) dinoprostone;

(g) urofollitrophin (human follicle stimulating hormone);

(h) luteinising hormone;

(i) clomiphene, cyclofenil or another substance specifically prepared to stimulate ovulation;

(j) clozapine;

(k) tretinoin;

(l) bosentan;

(m) bexarotene;

(n) teriparatide.