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POISONS AND THERAPEUTIC GOODS REGULATION 2008 - REG 48

Supply by pharmacists of benzylpenicillin for use in animals

48 Supply by pharmacists of benzylpenicillin for use in animals

(1) This clause applies to benzylpenicillin, including procaine penicillin, in preparations for use by intramuscular injection in animals.
(2) A pharmacist may supply benzylpenicillin otherwise than on prescription to a person who satisfies the pharmacist that it is needed for the urgent treatment of an animal and that, under the circumstances, it is not practicable to obtain a prescription authorising its supply.
(3) A pharmacist must not supply benzylpenicillin--
(a) to any person who is under 18 years of age, or
(b) to any person who is unknown to the pharmacist.
(4) Subclause (3)(b) does not prevent a pharmacist from supplying benzylpenicillin to a person who is unknown to the pharmacist if it is supplied in the presence of a person who is known to the pharmacist and who satisfies the pharmacist that he or she knows the person being supplied.



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