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MEDICINES AND POISONS ACT 2019 - SECT 41
Restrictions for monitored medicines
41 Restrictions for monitored medicines
(1) This section applies if— (a) a prescriber of a monitored medicine
proposes to prescribe or supply the monitored medicine for a person (a
"proposed action" ); or
(b) a dispenser of a monitored medicine proposes to
dispense, or give a treatment dose of, the monitored medicine to a person
(also a
"proposed action" ).
(2) Before taking the proposed action, the prescriber or
dispenser must check the monitored medicines database to see whether the
person has previously been prescribed or supplied any monitored medicine.
Penalty— Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
(3) Subsection (2)
does not apply to the prescriber or dispenser if— (a) the proposed action
happens in a situation prescribed by regulation to be exempt from the
subsection; or
(b) the prescriber or dispenser has a reasonable excuse for
not complying with the subsection.
(4) In this section—
"dispenser" , of a monitored medicine, means a person who is authorised to
dispense and give a treatment dose of a monitored medicine.
"prescriber" , of a monitored medicine, means a person who is authorised to
prescribe and supply a monitored medicine.
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