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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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