44A—Special provisions relating to the supply and administration of
certain drugs of dependence
(1) A drug of
dependence to which this regulation applies may only be supplied or
administered to a person for whom it has been prescribed—
(a) by
the medical practitioner who prescribed the drug of dependence for the person;
and
(b) at a
prescribed health service facility; and
(c) in
accordance with an approved treatment protocol.
(2) A person who
supplies or administers a drug in contravention of subregulation (1)
commits an offence.
Maximum penalty: $5 000.
(3) This regulation
applies in relation to the following drugs of dependence:
(a)
N,α-dimethyl-3,4-(methylenedioxy)phenylethylamine (MDMA);
(b)
Psilocybine (Psilocybin).
(4) In this
regulation—
"approved treatment protocol" means a treatment protocol which has been
approved by an ethics committee;
"ethics committee" has the same meaning as in the Commonwealth Act;
"prescribed health service facility" means—
(a) an
approved treatment centre or authorised community mental health facility (both
within the meaning of the Mental Health Act 2009 ); or
(b) any
other health service facility, or health service facility of a class,
determined by the Minister by notice in the Gazette to be a prescribed
health service facility for the purposes of this regulation.