134Restrictions on dealing with Schedule 3 poison—registered medical practitioner

134 Restrictions on dealing with Schedule 3 poison—registered medical practitioner

Reg. 134(1) amended by S.R. No. 124/2025 reg. 43(1).

(1) A registered medical practitioner must not issue a prescription for, write a chart instruction for, give an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioner supply 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.

Reg. 134(2) amended by S.R. No. 124/2025 reg. 43(2).

(2) A registered medical practitioner must not issue a prescription for, write a chart instruction for, give an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioner supply 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.