Queensland Consolidated Regulations

HEALTH (DRUGS AND POISONS) REGULATION 1996 - REG 56

56 Dentists

(1) To the extent necessary to practise dentistry, a dentist is authorised to—

(a) obtain codeine, morphine, oxycodone, papaveretum, pentazocine or pethidine; or

(b) possess codeine, morphine, oxycodone, papaveretum, pentazocine or pethidine at the place where the dentist practises dentistry; or

(c) administer codeine, morphine, oxycodone, papaveretum, pentazocine or pethidine to a person while treating the person; or

(d) prescribe not more than 3 days supply of codeine or pentazocine for a person’s dental treatment; or

(e) give someone who may administer a controlled drug an oral or written instruction to administer codeine, morphine, oxycodone, papaveretum, pentazocine or pethidine at the place where the dentist practises dentistry.

(2) Also, to the extent necessary to practise dentistry, a dentist who has successfully completed a certified course of training relating to the use of fentanyl is authorised to—

(a) obtain fentanyl; or

(b) possess fentanyl at the place where the dentist practises dentistry; or

(c) administer fentanyl to a person while treating the person.

(3) Subsection (4) applies to a person (a
"trainee" ) who is undergoing a course of training, the successful completion of which will qualify the trainee to practise dentistry.

(4) To the extent necessary to undergo the course of training, the trainee is authorised to—

(a) possess codeine, morphine, oxycodone, papaveretum, pentazocine or pethidine under a dentist’s direction at the place where the dentist practises dentistry; or

(b) administer codeine, morphine, oxycodone, papaveretum, pentazocine or pethidine, under a dentist’s personal supervision, while the dentist is treating a person.