Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Regulations 2017
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Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Regulations 2017
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144 Requirements to supply—delivery, supervision and directions for use
Reg. 144(1) amended by S.R. No. 13/2021 reg. 34(1).
(1) A practitioner specified in subregulation (1A) 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.
Reg. 144(1A) inserted by S.R. No. 13/2021 reg. 34(2).
Reg. 144 (1A)(k) amended by S.R. No. 124/2025 reg. 50(1).
(k) a pharmacist;
Reg. 144 (1A)(l) inserted by S.R. No. 124/2025 reg. 50(2).
(l) a registered Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioner.
(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.