Medicines and Poisons Act 2019
sec.233Making departmental standards
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sec.233 Making departmental standards
The chief executive may make a standard (a departmental standard ) in relation to matters regulated under this Act. Without limiting subsection (1) , a departmental standard may be about any of the following matters— procedures for carrying out regulated activities; a standard stating how to prepare and lay baits a standard about prescribing or supplying monitored medicines procedures for keeping, storing and managing regulated substances; training and competency requirements for persons carrying out regulated activities with regulated substances; procedures to ensure products containing regulated substances are safe and suitable for the intended use of the products; requirements for tracing the movement of regulated substances from their manufacture to final disposal, including requirements about documentation and electronic transactions; matters for which another provision of this Act requires compliance with a departmental standard. The chief executive may make a departmental standard by adopting all or part of another entity’s code, guideline, protocol or standard. A departmental standard must be approved by regulation and takes effect— on the day it is approved; or if a later day is stated in the standard—on the later day. s 233 amd 2021 No. 12 s 246 (sec.233-ssec.1) The chief executive may make a standard (a departmental standard ) in relation to matters regulated under this Act. (sec.233-ssec.2) Without limiting subsection (1) , a departmental standard may be about any of the following matters— procedures for carrying out regulated activities; a standard stating how to prepare and lay baits a standard about prescribing or supplying monitored medicines procedures for keeping, storing and managing regulated substances; training and competency requirements for persons carrying out regulated activities with regulated substances; procedures to ensure products containing regulated substances are safe and suitable for the intended use of the products; requirements for tracing the movement of regulated substances from their manufacture to final disposal, including requirements about documentation and electronic transactions; matters for which another provision of this Act requires compliance with a departmental standard. (sec.233-ssec.3) The chief executive may make a departmental standard by adopting all or part of another entity’s code, guideline, protocol or standard. (sec.233-ssec.4) A departmental standard must be approved by regulation and takes effect— on the day it is approved; or if a later day is stated in the standard—on the later day.
- (a) procedures for carrying out regulated activities; Examples— • a standard stating how to prepare and lay baits • a standard about prescribing or supplying monitored medicines
- • a standard stating how to prepare and lay baits
- • a standard about prescribing or supplying monitored medicines