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CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES (POISONS) REGULATIONS 2011 - REG 37

37—Special restrictions on prescription or supply of drugs of dependence by registered health practitioners and veterinary surgeons

        (1)         A person must not prescribe or supply a drug of dependence for use by his or her spouse, domestic partner, parent, grandparent, child, grandchild, brother or sister unless—

            (a)         the prescription or supply is authorised by the Minister; or

            (b)         the prescription or supply is in circumstances of a verifiable emergency.

Maximum penalty: $5 000.

Expiation fee: $1 250.

        (2)         A registered health practitioner must not prescribe or supply a drug of dependence for use by himself or herself unless the prescription or supply is in circumstances of a verifiable emergency.

Maximum penalty: $5 000.

Expiation fee: $1 250.

        (3)         Subregulation (1) does not apply to the supply of a drug of dependence by a pharmacist if the pharmacist is dispensing a prescription for the drug.

        (4)         A veterinary surgeon must not prescribe, sell or supply a drug of dependence for an animal without having first examined the animal unless the prescription, sale or supply is in circumstances of a verifiable emergency.

Maximum penalty: $5 000.



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