22Issuing prescription for Schedule 4 poison—authorised optometrist

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22 Issuing prescription for Schedule 4 poison—authorised optometrist

An authorised optometrist must not issue a prescription for a Schedule 4 poison unless—

(a) the prescription is for the ocular treatment of a person other than the optometrist; and

(e) if the poison is a drug of dependence, the optometrist has taken all reasonable steps to ascertain the identity of the person for whose treatment the prescription is issued.

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