Victorian Consolidated Regulations Victorian Consolidated Regulations(1) A person other than a registered medical practitioner, veterinary practitioner, dentist, nurse practitioner, authorised midwife, authorised optometrist or authorised podiatrist must not issue a prescription for a Schedule 4 poison.
Penalty: 100 penalty units.
(2) A person other than a registered medical practitioner, veterinary practitioner, dentist, nurse practitioner or authorised midwife must not issue a prescription for a Schedule 8 poison.
Penalty: 100 penalty units.
(3) A person other than a registered medical practitioner, veterinary practitioner or dentist must not issue a prescription for a Schedule 9 poison.
Penalty: 100 penalty units.
Reg. 16(4) inserted by S.R. No. 61/2023 reg. 7.
(4) A person must not issue a prescription for Schedule 8 MDMA or Schedule 8 psilocybine unless—
(a) the person is an authorised psychedelic psychiatrist; or
(b) the person is a registered medical practitioner and the prescription is for another person who is a participant in a clinical trial that is—
(i) approved by or notified to the Commonwealth Secretary under the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 of the Commonwealth; and
(ii) approved by a human research ethics committee.
Penalty: 100 penalty units.