Queensland Numbered Acts Queensland Numbered Acts(1) A visiting health practitioner does not commit an offence under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Queensland), the Drugs Regulation or the Drugs Misuse Act by—
(a) practising a health profession as authorised under this Act; or
(b) if a substance is a substance that may be lawfully possessed, supplied or administered by a local health practitioner—possessing, supplying or administering the substance in the course of practising the authorised health profession; or
(c) prescribing a restricted drug or controlled drug in the course of practising the authorised health profession; or
(d) holding himself or herself out as being able to practise the authorised health profession; or
(e) using a title, reference to a qualification, description, word, letter or symbol that the visiting health practitioner ordinarily uses.
(2) A visitor does not commit an offence under the Drugs Regulation or the Drugs Misuse Act by doing anything, or possessing a substance, as a result of having a visiting health practitioner practise a health profession under this Act.
(3) A dispenser does not commit an offence under the Drugs Regulation by dispensing a restricted or controlled drug in accordance with a prescription issued by a visiting health practitioner, if—
(a) the dispenser reasonably believes the health practitioner is authorised under this Act to issue the prescription; and
(b) the dispenser is authorised under this Act to supply the drug.
(4) A wholesaler does not commit an offence under the Drugs Regulation or the Drugs Misuse Act by supplying an S2 or S3 substance by wholesale to a visiting health practitioner if the wholesaler—
(a) reasonably believes the visiting health practitioner is authorised under this Act to be supplied with the substance by wholesale; and
(b) is authorised under this Act to supply the substance by wholesale; and
(c) is complying with the conditions to which the wholesaler's licence is subject under the Drugs Regulation.