Victorian Numbered Regulations

DRUGS, POISONS AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES REGULATIONS 2017 (SR NO 29 OF 2017) - REG 134

    (1)     A registered medical practitioner must not issue a prescription for, write a chart instruction for, sell, supply, authorise the administration of or administer a Schedule 3 poison unless—

        (a)     that poison is for the medical treatment of a person under the practitioner's care; and

        (b)     if the poison is a drug of dependence, the practitioner has taken all reasonable steps to ascertain the identity of the person who is to be treated.

Penalty:     100 penalty units.

    (2)     A registered medical practitioner must not issue a prescription for, write a chart instruction for, sell, supply, authorise the administration of or administer a Schedule 3 poison unless the practitioner has taken all reasonable steps to ensure a therapeutic need exists for that poison.

Penalty:     50 penalty units.