Victorian Consolidated Regulations

DRUGS, POISONS AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES REGULATIONS 2017 - REG 22

An authorised optometrist must not issue a prescription for a Schedule 4 poison unless—

        (a)     the prescription is for the ocular treatment of a person other than the optometrist; and

        (b)     that person is—

              (i)     under the optometrist's care; and

              (ii)     named in the prescription; and

        (c)     the optometrist has taken all reasonable steps to ensure a therapeutic need exists for that poison; and

        (d)     the prescription is issued not merely for the purpose of supporting the drug dependence of a person; and

        (e)     if the poison is a drug of dependence, the optometrist has taken all reasonable steps to ascertain the identity of the person for whose treatment the prescription is issued.

Penalty:     100 penalty units.