Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) A registered medical practitioner or a nurse practitioner who considers it is necessary to administer, supply or prescribe a Schedule 8 poison to or for one of his or her patients who is a drug-dependent person must apply to the Secretary for a Schedule 8 permit.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), a registered medical practitioner or a nurse practitioner who considers it is necessary to administer, supply or prescribe a Schedule 8 poison for a continuous period greater than 8 weeks to or for one of his or her patients who is not a drug-dependent person must apply to the Secretary for a Schedule 8 permit.
(3) A registered medical practitioner or a nurse practitioner must apply to the Secretary for a Schedule 8 permit if—
(a) the practitioner—
(i) has reason to believe that one of his or her patients who is not a drug‑dependent person has been, or is currently being, administered, supplied or prescribed a Schedule 8 poison by one or more other practitioners; and
(ii) considers it is necessary to administer, supply or prescribe a Schedule 8 poison to or for that patient; and
(b) the total period of administration, supply or prescription of a Schedule 8 poison to that patient would be a continuous period greater than 8 weeks, taking into account any period of administration, supply or prescription referred to in paragraph (a)(i) together with the period of administration, supply or prescription of a Schedule 8 poison to or for that patient by the practitioner.
(4) An application for a Schedule 8 permit must be in the prescribed form.
S. 34A inserted by No. 17/2008 s. 8.