New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

POISONS AND THERAPEUTIC GOODS REGULATION 2008 - REG 174H

174H Use of information by certain prescribers and by pharmacists

(1) Information in the database may be used by a dentist, a medical practitioner, a nurse practitioner or a pharmacist for the purposes of--

(a) providing treatment to an individual patient by--

(i) reviewing the prescribing of monitored medicines to the patient by other prescribers, and

(ii) reviewing the supply of monitored medicines to the patient by pharmacists, and

(b) providing advice to a prescriber or a pharmacist on the treatment of an individual patient.

(2) Information in the database may be accessed, used or disclosed by a dentist, a medical practitioner or a nurse practitioner for the purposes of applying for, reviewing or applying to cancel an authority under the Act or this regulation.

(3) Information in the database may be accessed, used or disclosed by a pharmacist for the purpose of reviewing an authority for the prescribing or supply of a substance under the Act or this regulation.