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CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES (POISONS) REGULATIONS 2011 - REG 44A

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.



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