Queensland Numbered Acts

MEDICINES AND POISONS ACT 2019 - SECT 233

233 Making departmental standards

(1) The chief executive may make a standard (a
"departmental standard" ) about carrying out a regulated activity with a regulated substance and other matters relating to the purposes and administration of this Act.

(2) Without limiting subsection (1) , a departmental standard may be about any of the following matters—

(a) procedures for carrying out regulated activities;

Examples—

• a standard stating how to prepare and lay baits

• a standard about prescribing or supplying monitored medicines

(b) procedures for keeping, storing and managing regulated substances;

(c) training and competency requirements for persons carrying out regulated activities with regulated substances;

(d) procedures to ensure products containing regulated substances are safe and suitable for the intended use of the products;

(e) requirements for tracing the movement of regulated substances from their manufacture to final disposal, including requirements about documentation and electronic transactions.

(3) The chief executive may make a departmental standard by adopting all or part of another entity’s code, guideline, protocol or standard.

(4) A departmental standard has effect in relation to a person only if a provision of a regulation states it applies to the person.