Victorian Numbered Regulations

DRUGS, POISONS AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES REGULATIONS 2006 (SR NO 57 OF 2006)

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Objectives  
   2.      Authorising provisions  
   3.      Revocation  
   4.      Definitions  

   PART 2--DRUGS OF DEPENDENCE, SCHEDULE 4 POISONS, SCHEDULE 8 POISONS AND SCHEDULE 9 POISONS

           Division 1--Possession

   5.      Possession of Schedule 4 poisons, Schedule 8 poisons and Schedule 9 poisons  
   6.      Approval of Schedule 4 poisons and Schedule 8 poisons  
   7.      Permit required for Schedule 9 poisons  

           Division 2--Treatment

   8.      Patient identity and therapeutic need to be determined—registered medical practitioners  
   9.      Patient identity and therapeutic need to be determined—nurse practitioners  
   10.     Patient identity and therapeutic need to be determined—dentists  
   11.     Therapeutic need to be determined—authorised optometrists  
   12.     Patient identity and therapeutic need to be determined for drugs of dependence—pharmacists  
   13.     Therapeutic need to be determined—veterinary practitioners  
   14.     Notification of fraudulent obtaining of drugs or poisons  
   15.     Pharmacist administration, sale or supply authorised from within Victoria  
   16.     Supply on copy of prescription permitted in certain circumstances  
   17.     Pharmacist administration, sale or supply authorised from outside Victoria  
   18.     Form of notification under section 33(1) of the Act  
   19.     Form of application and notification under sections 33(2) and 33(3) of the Act  
   20.     Form of permit under section 34 of the Act  
   21.     Permit required in particular circumstances for specialised supply  
   22.     Permit required in particular circumstances for specialised supply  
   23.     Dentists not able to obtain permit for specialised supply  
   24.     Disclosure of drug use within previous 8 weeks required  

           Division 3--Supply

   25.     Persons authorised to write prescriptions  
   26.     Style and required particulars for prescriptions  
   27.     Emergency directions to pharmacists regarding supply  
   28.     Particular prescription details to be verified prior to supply  
   29.     Containers of drugs to be labelled with certain details  
   30.     Duration of prescriptions  
   31.     Circumstances where prescriptions are not to be filled  
   32.     Duty of pharmacist to notify different prescribers of similar supply  
   33.     Retention of original prescriptions or orders once supply completed  

           Division 4--Storage

   34.     General security requirement—Schedule 4 poisons  
   35.     Storage of Schedule 8 and Schedule 9 poisons  
   36.     Storage requirements  
   37.     Additional security provisions required in certain circumstances  

           Division 5--Records

   38.     Definition of transaction  
   39.     Persons required to keep records  
   40.     Details to be contained in records  
   41.     Methods by which records are to be retained and retrieved  
   42.     Accurate records to be kept  
   43.     Discrepancies in records to be investigated  
   44.     Lost or stolen records to be reported  

           Division 6--Administration

   45.     Use of drugs and poisons restricted to person or animal for whom they were supplied  
   46.     Administration of drugs and poisons to be authorised  
   47.     Administration of drugs and poisons by a nurse  
   48.     Self-administration of drugs and poisons restricted  
   49.     Administration or supply of drugs and poisons prohibited if to support drug dependency  

           Division 7--Destruction of Schedule 8 Poisons and Schedule 9 Poisons

   50.     Wilful destruction prohibited  
   51.     Exceptions  

           Division 8--Cultivation of Narcotic Plants

   52.     Authority to cultivate narcotic plants for non-therapeutic uses  

           Division 9--Warrants for Ovulatory Stimulants, Prostaglandins, Retinoids and Thalidomide

   53.     Requirement for warrants  
   54.     Warrant number to be included in any prescription  
   55.     Prohibition on dentists  

   PART 3--PRESCRIBED POISONS FOR CATEGORIES OF NURSE PRACTITIONER

   56.     Prescribed poisons related to certain categories of nurse practitioner  

   PART 4--SCHEDULE 3 POISONS

   57.     Therapeutic need to be determined—registered medical practitioners  
   58.     Therapeutic need to be determined—nurse practitioners  
   59.     Therapeutic need to be determined—veterinary practitioners  
   60.     Therapeutic need to be determined—dentists  
   61.     Therapeutic need to be determined—pharmacists  
   62.     Restrictions on storage and display  
   63.     Requirements to supply  
   64.     Administration or supply prohibited if to support drug dependency  

   PART 5--SCHEDULE 7 POISONS

   65.     Controls concerning listed regulated poisons  
   66.     Storage requirements  
   67.     Licences, permits or warrants required for special Schedule 7 substances  

   PART 6--GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

   68.     Poisons to be sold by wholesale and retail in original unopened packs  
   69.     Transfer of poisons to inappropriate containers prohibited  
   70.     Lost or stolen poisons to be notified  
   71.     Access to certain poisons restricted to a needs basis  
   72.     Form of seizure notice under section 43(1) of the Act  
   73.     Form of complaint notice against a seizure under section 43(2) of the Act  

   PART 7--LICENCES AND PERMITS ISSUED UNDER THE ACT

   74.     Licence to sell or supply Schedule 2 poisons by retail  
   75.     Fees  

   PART 8--TRANSITIONALS

   76.     Continuity of approvals, authorisations and directions  
           SCHEDULE 1
           SCHEDULE 2
           SCHEDULE 3
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