Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) Despite section 34B, a registered medical practitioner or a nurse practitioner at a multiple-practitioner clinic is authorised to administer, supply or prescribe a Schedule 8 poison to or for a drug-dependent person without a Schedule 8 permit if—
(a) the treatment is provided at the multiple-practitioner clinic; and
(b) a Schedule 8 permit has been issued to another registered medical practitioner or another nurse practitioner at that multiple-practitioner clinic to administer, supply or prescribe the Schedule 8 poison to or for that drug-dependent person; and
(c) the administration, supply or prescription of the Schedule 8 poison is carried out in accordance with that permit.
(2) Despite section 34C(1), a registered medical practitioner or a nurse practitioner at a multiple-practitioner clinic is authorised to administer, supply or prescribe a Schedule 8 poison to or for a person who is not a drug-dependent person during a continuous period greater than 8 weeks without a Schedule 8 permit if—
(a) the treatment is provided at the multiple-practitioner clinic; and
(b) a Schedule 8 permit has been issued to another registered medical practitioner or another nurse practitioner at that multiple-practitioner clinic to administer, supply or prescribe the Schedule 8 poison to or for that person; and
(c) the administration, supply or prescription of the Schedule 8 poison is carried out in accordance with that permit.
(3) Despite section 34C(2), a registered medical practitioner or a nurse practitioner at a multiple practitioner clinic is authorised to 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 in the circumstances set out in section 34C(2) if—
(a) the treatment is provided at the multiple-practitioner clinic; and
(b) a Schedule 8 permit has been issued to another registered medical practitioner or another nurse practitioner at that multiple-practitioner clinic to administer, supply or prescribe the Schedule 8 poison to or for that person; and
(c) the administration, supply or prescription of the Schedule 8 poison is carried out in accordance with that permit.
S. 34F (Heading) amended by No. 40/2017 s. 7(1).
S. 34F inserted by No. 17/2008 s. 8.