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DRUGS, POISONS AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT 1981 - SECT 34A

Schedule 8 permit

    (1)     On receiving an application under section 34 , the Secretary may issue a permit to a registered medical practitioner or a nurse practitioner authorising the practitioner—

        (a)     to administer, supply or prescribe a Schedule 8 poison to or for a drug-dependent person; or

        (b)     to administer, supply or prescribe a Schedule 8 poison to or for a person other than a drug-dependent person for a continuous period greater than 8 weeks.

    (2)     A Schedule 8 permit must be in the prescribed form.

    (3)     The Secretary may at any time amend, suspend or revoke a Schedule 8 permit and any permit which is suspended or revoked ceases to have effect.

S. 34B inserted by No. 17/2008 s. 8.


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