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Medicines and Poisons Act 2014
Part 6Drugs of addiction
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Part 6 — Drugs of addiction
Division 1 — Preliminary
77. Terms used 58
Division 2 — Self‑prescription
78. Self‑prescription 59
79. Defence: emergency 59
Division 3 — Drug dependent persons
80. Practitioner to inform CEO of drug dependent status of patient 59
81. CEO may include drug dependent person on drugs of addiction record 60
82. Recording and notification of drug dependent status 60
83. Supply or prescription of drugs of addiction to or for drug dependent persons 61
Division 4 — Oversupplied persons
84. Practitioner to inform CEO of oversupplied status of client 62
85. CEO may include oversupplied person on drugs of addiction record 62
86. Recording and notification of oversupplied status 63
87. Supply or prescription of drugs of addiction to or for oversupplied persons 64
Division 5 — Drugs of addiction record
88. Drugs of addiction record 64
89. Purposes for which drugs of addiction record is kept 65
90. Amending information in drugs of addiction record 66
91. CEO may authorise disclosure of information 66
Division 6 — Review of decisions by State Administrative Tribunal
92. Review of decision to include person in drugs of addiction record 67