Queensland Consolidated Regulations

HEALTH (DRUGS AND POISONS) REGULATION 1996 - REG 65

65 Prisons

(1) The general manager of a prison is authorised to—

(a) obtain a controlled drug for use at the prison on a purchase order complying with part 5 ; or

(b) possess a controlled drug at the prison; or

(c) issue a controlled drug to an authorised person who may administer or supply it for the treatment of a prisoner at the prison.

(2) A prison’s director of nursing or medical superintendent, or the pharmacist in charge of a prison’s dispensary, is authorised to—

(a) obtain a controlled drug for use at the prison on a purchase order complying with part 5 ; or

(b) possess a controlled drug at the prison; or

(c) issue a controlled drug to an authorised person who may administer or supply it for the treatment of a prisoner at the prison.