Queensland Numbered Acts

MEDICINES AND POISONS ACT 2019 - SECT 37

37 Offence to supply or administer animal medicines to humans

(1) This section applies in relation to the following dealings with an animal medicine—

(a) supplying the medicine to a person for human therapeutic use;

(b) administering the medicine to a person;

(c) self-administering the medicine.

(2) A person must not deal with an animal medicine as mentioned in subsection (1) unless the person has a reasonable excuse.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.

(3) It is a reasonable excuse for the person to deal with the animal medicine because no other medicine is available to treat a human ailment, disease or injury.

(4) In this section—

"animal medicine" means a medicine—

(a) manufactured or supplied for administration to an animal; or

(b) labelled with an approved label stating the medicine is for administration to an animal.