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CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES (THERAPEUTIC GOODS AND OTHER MATTERS) AMENDMENT ACT 2011 (NO 3 OF 2011) - SECT 14

14—Amendment of section 18A—Restriction of prescription or supply of drug of dependence in certain circumstances

        (1)         Section 18A—before subsection (1) insert:

        (a1)         A person must not prescribe for a person or an animal a drug of dependence except as follows:

            (a)         a registered health practitioner may prescribe a drug of dependence for a person if the practitioner is acting in the ordinary course of the practitioner's profession and—

                  (i)         the practitioner is a dentist, medical practitioner or nurse practitioner; or

                  (ii)         the practitioner is a registered health practitioner whose registration is endorsed under section 94 of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law as being qualified to prescribe a scheduled medicine or class of scheduled medicines and the drug is a scheduled medicine or of a class of scheduled medicines specified in the endorsement; or

                  (iii)         the practitioner is authorised to prescribe the drug by the regulations;

            (b)         a veterinary surgeon may prescribe a drug of dependence for an animal if the veterinary surgeon is acting in the ordinary course of the veterinary surgeon's profession.

Maximum penalty: $10 000 or imprisonment for 2 years.

        (2)         Section 18A(1)—delete "medical practitioner or dentist" wherever occurring and substitute in each case:

registered health practitioner

        (3)         Section 18A(1)—delete "or dentist's"

        (4)         Section 18A(1)—delete "practitioner or dentist" wherever occurring and substitute in each case:

practitioner

        (5)         Section 18A(2)(b)(i)—delete "medical practitioner's or dentist's" and substitute:

practitioner's

        (6)         Section 18A(3)(a)—delete "medical practitioner or dentist" and substitute:

registered health practitioner

        (7)         Section 18A(4)—delete "medical practitioner or dentist" and substitute:

registered health practitioner

        (8)         Section 18A(5)(a)—delete "medical practitioner or dentist" and substitute:

practitioner

        (9)         Section 18A(6)—delete "temporary authority to a person" and substitute:

registered health practitioner authorised to prescribe a drug of dependence a temporary authority



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