Victorian Numbered Acts

DRUGS, POISONS AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES AMENDMENT ACT 2008 (NO. 17 OF 2008) - SECT 6

In Division 10 of Part II of the Principal Act, before section 32 insert —

" Subdivision 1—Introductory matters and records

        31     Definitions

    (1)     In this Division—

"hospital" means—

        (a)     a public hospital within meaning of the Health Services Act 1988 ;

        (b)     a denominational hospital within the meaning of that Act;

        (c)     a private hospital within the meaning of that Act—

but does not include a day procedure centre within the meaning of that Act;

"multiple-practitioner clinic" means a clinic where more than one registered medical practitioner or nurse practitioner practises or is employed;

"notification of" drug-dependent person means notification required under section 33;

"prison" has the same meaning as it has in the Corrections Act 1986 ;

Schedule 8 permit means a permit to administer, supply or prescribe a Schedule 8 poison issued by the Secretary under section 34A;

Schedule 9 permit means a permit to administer, supply or prescribe a Schedule 9 poison issued by the Secretary under section 33B.

    (2)     For the purposes of this Division, a registered medical practitioner or a nurse practitioner administers, supplies or prescribes a Schedule 8 poison to a patient for a continuous period if the practitioner—

        (a)     actually administers, supplies or prescribes that Schedule 8 poison for that period; or

        (b)     supplies a quantity or quantities of a Schedule 8 poison to the patient and instructs the patient to take the drug for that period; or

        (c)     prescribes for the patient a quantity or quantities of a Schedule 8 poison which, if taken in accordance with the prescription, would be taken for that period.".