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DRUGS, POISONS AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES REGULATIONS 2017 (SR NO 29 OF 2017) - REG 120

Dealing with substance—registered medical practitioner

    (1)     A registered medical practitioner who does not hold a warrant must not purchase, obtain, issue a prescription for, write a chart instruction for, give a verbal instruction or order for, sell, supply, administer or authorise the administration of a substance to which this Part applies except in accordance with regulation 123.

Penalty:     100 penalty units.

Note

Regulation 123 authorises a registered medical practitioner who does not hold a warrant to do certain things as directed by a registered medical practitioner who does hold a warrant.

    (2)     A registered medical practitioner who holds a warrant for a substance to which this Part applies may—

        (a)     issue a prescription for that substance in accordance with regulation 17; and

        (b)     issue a verbal instruction to a pharmacist to supply that substance in accordance with regulation 25; and

        (c)     write a chart instruction for that substance in accordance with regulation 30; and

        (d)     give an order for the sale or supply of that substance; and

        (e)     sell or supply that substance in accordance with regulation 36; and

        (f)     authorise the administration of that substance in accordance with regulation 84; and

        (g)     administer that substance in accordance with regulation 88; and

        (h)     give a direction to another registered medical practitioner to deal with that substance in accordance with regulation 123 in relation to a specified patient; and

              (i)     give a direction to a nurse practitioner to deal with that substance in accordance with regulation 124 in relation to a specified patient.



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