Victorian Consolidated Regulations

DRUGS, POISONS AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES REGULATIONS 2017 - REG 82

An authorised optometrist must not authorise the administration of a Schedule 4 poison unless—

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

        (b)     that person is under the optometrist's care; and

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

        (d)     the administration is authorised 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 to whom the poison is to be administered.

Penalty:     100 penalty units.