Victorian Numbered Regulations

DRUGS, POISONS AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES REGULATIONS 2017 (SR NO 29 OF 2017) - REG 144

    (1)     A registered medical practitioner, veterinary practitioner, dentist, nurse practitioner, authorised midwife, authorised optometrist, authorised podiatrist, pharmacist or authorised registered nurse who sells or supplies a Schedule 3 poison to a person must—

        (a)     personally deliver or personally supervise its delivery to the person; and

        (b)     provide directions for the use of the Schedule 3 poison.

Penalty:     50 penalty units.

    (2)     Subregulation (1) does not apply to a pharmacist who sells or supplies a Schedule 3 poison—

        (a)     by wholesale to a person to whom that sale or supply by wholesale is specifically authorised by the Act or these Regulations; or

        (b)     in accordance with—

              (i)     a prescription; or

              (ii)     a chart instruction given on a residential medication chart or hospital medication chart by a registered medical practitioner, dentist, nurse practitioner, authorised midwife, authorised optometrist or authorised podiatrist.