Victorian Consolidated Regulations

DRUGS, POISONS AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES REGULATIONS 2017 - REG 94

An authorised optometrist must not administer a Schedule 4 poison unless—

        (a)     the poison is administered for the treatment of a person other than the optometrist; and

        (b)     the poison is for the ocular treatment of a person under the optometrist's care; and

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

        (d)     if the poison was supplied for the treatment of a specific person, the administration is for the treatment of that person; and

        (e)     the poison is administered not merely for the purpose of supporting the drug dependence of a person; and

        (f)     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.