Queensland Consolidated Regulations

HEALTH (DRUGS AND POISONS) REGULATION 1996 - REG 320

320 Validation of giving, and dispensing on, digital images of prescriptions during relevant period

(1) This section applies if, during the relevant period and under the special arrangement—

(a) a prescriber gave a dispenser a digital image of a paper prescription for a controlled drug or restricted drug; or

(b) a dispenser dispensed a controlled drug or restricted drug on a digital image of a paper prescription for the drug.

(2) The prescriber is taken to have lawfully given the digital image to the dispenser under this regulation.

(3) The dispenser is taken to have lawfully dispensed the controlled drug or restricted drug on the digital image under this regulation.

(4) In this section—

"relevant period" means the period—

(a) starting on the commencement of the special arrangement; and

(b) ending on the commencement of this section.

"special arrangement" means the National Health (COVID-19 Supply of Pharmaceutical Benefits) Special Arrangement 2020 (Cwlth) .