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Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981
34EExceptions to Schedule 8 permit requirement—multiple practitioners at medical clinic
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34E Exceptions to Schedule 8 permit requirement—multiple practitioners at medical clinic
S. 34E(1) amended by No. 1/2025 s. 19(1)(a).
(1) Despite section 34B, a registered medical practitioner, a nurse practitioner or a paramedic practitioner at a multiple-practitioner clinic is authorised to administer, supply or prescribe a Schedule 8 poison to or for a drug-dependent person without a Schedule 8 permit if—
S. 34E(1)(b) amended by No. 1/2025 s. 19(1)(b).
(b) a Schedule 8 permit has been issued to another registered medical practitioner, another nurse practitioner or another paramedic practitioner at that multiple-practitioner clinic to administer, supply or prescribe the Schedule 8 poison to or for that drug-dependent person; and
S. 34E(2) amended by No. 1/2025 s. 19(2)(a).
(2) Despite section 34C(1), a registered medical practitioner, a nurse practitioner or a paramedic practitioner at a multiple-practitioner clinic is authorised to administer, supply or prescribe a Schedule 8 poison to or for a person who is not a drug-dependent person during a continuous period greater than 8 weeks without a Schedule 8 permit if—
S. 34E(2)(b) amended by No. 1/2025 s. 19(2)(b).
(b) a Schedule 8 permit has been issued to another registered medical practitioner, another nurse practitioner or another paramedic practitioner at that multiple-practitioner clinic to administer, supply or prescribe the Schedule 8 poison to or for that person; and
S. 34E(3) amended by No. 1/2025 s. 19(3)(a).
(3) Despite section 34C(2), a registered medical practitioner, a nurse practitioner or a paramedic practitioner at a multiple practitioner clinic is authorised to administer, supply or prescribe a Schedule 8 poison to or for a person who is not a drug-dependent person without a Schedule 8 permit in the circumstances set out in section 34C(2) if—
S. 34E(3)(b) amended by No. 1/2025 s. 19(3)(b).
(b) a Schedule 8 permit has been issued to another registered medical practitioner, another nurse practitioner or another paramedic practitioner at that multiple-practitioner clinic to administer, supply or prescribe the Schedule 8 poison to or for that person; and
S. 34F (Heading) amended by No. 40/2017 s. 7(1).
S. 34F inserted by No. 17/2008 s. 8, amended by No. 1/2025 s. 20.