Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) A registered medical practitioner or a nurse practitioner must not administer, supply or prescribe a Schedule 8 poison to or for a person who is not a drug-dependent person for a continuous period greater than 8 weeks unless the practitioner—
(a) holds a Schedule 8 permit for that administration, supply or prescription to or for that person; or
(b) is otherwise authorised by or under this Act to do so.
Penalty: 100 penalty units.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), unless otherwise authorised by or under this Act to do so, a registered medical practitioner or a nurse practitioner must not administer, supply or prescribe a Schedule 8 poison to or for a person who is not a drug-dependent person without a Schedule 8 permit if the total period of administration, supply or prescription of the Schedule 8 poison to or for that person would be a continuous period greater than 8 weeks, taking into account the total of—
(a) any period of administration, supply or prescription of a Schedule 8 poison to or for that person that the practitioner has reason to believe has been, or is currently being, administered, supplied or prescribed by one or more other practitioners; and
(b) the period of administration, supply or prescription of a Schedule 8 poison to or for that patient by the practitioner.
Penalty: 100 penalty units.
(3) A registered medical practitioner or a nurse practitioner who has applied for a Schedule 8 permit under section 34(3) is authorised to administer, supply or prescribe a Schedule 8 poison to or for a person who is not a drug-dependent person in respect of whom the application relates without a Schedule 8 permit for the purposes of ensuring continuity of that person's treatment until—
(a) the Schedule 8 permit is issued; or
(b) the Secretary refuses to issue the permit.
S. 34D inserted by No. 17/2008 s. 8, substituted by No. 50/2017 s. 9.