139Restrictions on dealing with Schedule 3 poison—authorised optometrist

139 Restrictions on dealing with Schedule 3 poison—authorised optometrist

Reg. 139(1) amended by S.R. No. 124/2025 reg. 47(1).

(1) An authorised optometrist 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 ocular treatment of a person under the optometrist's care; and

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

Reg. 139(2) amended by S.R. No. 124/2025 reg. 47(2).

(2) An authorised optometrist 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 optometrist has taken all reasonable steps to ensure a therapeutic need exists for that poison.