10Issue of prescriptions and supply of certain substances

10 Issue of prescriptions and supply of certain substances

10 Issue of prescriptions and supply of certain substances

(1) A visiting health professional may issue a written prescription for a restricted substance or drug of addiction only if authorised to do so by an order under section 5.

(2) The Minister may, by an order under section 5:

(a) authorise a visiting health professional, all visiting health professionals or a class of visiting health professionals to issue written prescriptions for a restricted substance or drug of addiction in the course of providing health care services in accordance with this Act, and

(b) authorise any person or class of persons to supply a restricted substance or drug of addiction on such a prescription, and

(c) authorise a visiting health professional, all visiting health professionals or a class of visiting health professionals to be supplied with any substance by wholesale, and

(d) authorise any person or class of persons to supply any substance by wholesale to any visiting health professional, authorised as referred to in paragraph (c), but only if the person or class of persons is licensed or otherwise authorised under the Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 1966 to supply the substance by wholesale to a medical practitioner.

(3) The Minister is not to make an order containing any authorisation referred to in subsection (2) unless the Minister is satisfied that adequate arrangements are in place to ensure that the substances concerned will only be prescribed for and supplied to persons to whom visiting health professionals are authorised to provide health care services under this Act.

(4) An order under section 5 may impose conditions on any authorisation referred to in this section that is conferred by the order.

(5) Any such condition may apply generally or may apply to a particular special event or a particular class of persons.