147Notification of fraudulent obtaining of order or prescription

147 Notification of fraudulent obtaining of order or prescription

(a) a registered medical practitioner; and

(b) a dentist; and

(c) a veterinary practitioner; and

(d) a nurse practitioner; and

Reg. 147(1)(da) inserted by S.R. No. 13/2021 reg. 36(1).

(da) an authorised registered nurse; and

Reg. 147(1)(db) inserted by S.R. No. 13/2021 reg. 36(1).

(db) an approved registered nurse; and

(e) an authorised midwife; and

Reg. 147(1)(ea) inserted by S.R. No. 13/2021 reg. 36(2).

(ea) an approved registered midwife; and

(f) an authorised optometrist; and

(g) an authorised podiatrist; and

Reg. 147(1)(h) revoked by S.R. No. 13/2021 reg. 36(3).

Reg. 147(1)(i) amended by S.R. No. 124/2025 reg. 52(1).

(i) a pharmacist; and

Reg. 147(1)(j) inserted by S.R. No. 124/2025 reg. 52(2).

(j) a registered Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioner.

(2) A practitioner to whom this regulation applies and who suspects or has reason to believe that a person has obtained from the practitioner by means of a false pretence an order or prescription for a Schedule 3 poison that is a drug of dependence must immediately inform the Secretary and a police officer of that suspicion or belief.

(3) A practitioner to whom this regulation applies and who suspects or has reason to believe that a person has obtained from the practitioner by means of a false pretence a Schedule 3 poison that is a drug of dependence must immediately inform the Secretary and a police officer of that suspicion or belief.

Part 3—Schedule 7 poisons