Victorian Current Acts

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

Despite sections 34B and 34C, a registered medical practitioner or a nurse practitioner is authorised to administer, supply or prescribe a Schedule 8 poison to or for a person without a Schedule 8 permit if that person is—

        (a)     a prisoner being treated in a prison for the period in prison and a period not exceeding 7 days after that prisoner's release from custody; or

S. 34F(ab) inserted by No. 40/2017 s. 7(2).

        (ab)     a person being treated in a police gaol for the period in the police gaol and a period not exceeding 7 days after that person's release from the police gaol; or

        (b)     a resident being treated in an aged care service; or

S. 34F(c) amended by No. 50/2017 s. 10.

        (c)     an in-patient being treated in a hospital or a patient being treated in an emergency department of a hospital, for the period of that treatment in the hospital and a period not exceeding 7 days after that person's discharge from the hospital.

S. 35 amended by Nos 10002 s. 4(f) (as amended by No. 10087 s. 3(1)(Sch.  1 item 40)), (j), 10262 s 4, 42/1993 s. 47(6), 12/1994 s. 4(3), 23/1994 s. 118(Sch.  1 item 17.10), 9/1998 s. 8, 46/1998 s. 7(Sch.  1), 94/2000 s. 51, 67/2003 s. 13(1), 74/2004 s. 16, substituted by No. 17/2008 s. 9.