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CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES (POISONS) REGULATIONS 2011 - REG 36

36—Interpretation

        (1)         In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears—

"health service pharmacy" means a pharmacy that is part of a health service facility;

"order" means an order other than a prescription;

"supplier" means—

            (a)         a pharmacist; or

            (b)         a person licensed under the Act to manufacture, sell by wholesale or supply drugs of dependence;

"ward of a health service facility" means a ward, clinic, unit, operating theatre or any other section of a health service facility in which persons receive medical or dental treatment.

        (2)         For the purposes of this Part—

            (a)         a reference to the administration of a drug is, if the drug is administered continuously over an extended period (for example, by means of an intravenous drip or pump) a reference to the commencement of administration by that means; and

            (b)         the registered health practitioner "principally responsible for the treatment of a person is the practitioner having, for the time being, the greatest input in the determination of the course of treatment of the person.



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