Queensland Consolidated Regulations

HEALTH (DRUGS AND POISONS) REGULATION 1996 - REG 274

274 Dispensing or selling S2, S3 or S7 poisons

(1) A pharmacist must not dispense a poison on a prescription unless the poison dispensed—

(a) conforms with the prescription; or

(b) is dispensed under section 275 .

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.

(2) Also, a pharmacist must not sell an S2 or S 3 poison to a ship’s master unless the pharmacist receives a purchase order for the poison signed by the ship’s master.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.

(3) Subsection (1) does not prevent a person delivering or handing a poison dispensed by a dispenser to a person for whose use the poison is prescribed or the person’s agent.