Medicines and Poisons (Medicines) Regulation 2021
sch.9-sec.2Dealing authorised
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sch.9-sec.2 Dealing authorised
Column 1 Dealing Column 2 Medicine Column 3 Scope of dealing 1AA prescribe an S4 medicine, other than a restricted medicine or diversion-risk medicine, mentioned in the extended practice authority called ‘Pharmacists’ the medicine is prescribed under the extended practice authority 1 dispense any medicine 2 supply stock of any medicine the stock is supplied on a compliant purchase order to a person under the National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Regulations 2017 (Cwlth) , section 33 stock of any medicine the stock is supplied to another pharmacist— to urgently fill a shortage of stock held by the other pharmacist; or as part of an arrangement with the pharmacist to prevent the stock from expiring; or for satisfying an order made by a client of the other pharmacist stock of any medicine the stock is supplied from a pharmacy to an approved person, other than a pharmacist, who is authorised to give a purchase order for the medicine or administer the medicine 3 sell, other than on a prescription an S2, S3 or S4 medicine, other than therapeutic nicotine the medicine is sold at a pharmacy therapeutic nicotine the medicine is sold at a community pharmacy a medicine that is mentioned as a pharmaceutical benefit in a Continued Dispensing Determination the medicine is sold in the circumstances mentioned in the Continued Dispensing Determination a medicine mentioned in the extended practice authority called ‘Pharmacists’ the medicine is sold under the extended practice authority 4 give a treatment dose any medicine the medicine is given on a standing order at a public hospital an S2 medicine that is paracetamol the medicine is given for the treatment of a side effect, or a potential side effect, of an immunisation medicine 5 administer a medicine mentioned in the extended practice authority called ‘Pharmacists’ the medicine is administered under the extended practice authority an approved opioid the medicine is administered on a prescription an S4 medicine that is an immunisation medicine the pharmacist has completed immunisation training adrenaline (epinephrine) the medicine is administered to treat anaphylaxis an S2 medicine that is paracetamol the medicine is administered for the treatment of a side effect, or a potential side effect, of an immunisation medicine 6 repackage any medicine the medicine is repackaged for— selling to a patient; or supply to an approved person, other than another pharmacist; or supply to, or possession of stock at, a clinical area of a hospital 7 compound an S2 or S3 medicine the medicine is compounded for the treatment of a patient an S4 or S8 medicine the medicine is compounded to fulfil a prescription from a prescriber for a patient 8 give a purchase order stock of an S4 or S8 medicine, including an S4 medicine that is an immunisation medicine the stock is not for a specified place stock of an S4 medicine that is an immunisation medicine the stock is for a specified place and— the pharmacist has completed immunisation training; or the pharmacist is otherwise authorised to give a purchase order for the specified place 9 possess an S4 or S8 medicine the medicine is possessed for a purpose mentioned in this column 10 dispose waste from a diversion-risk medicine that is an S4 or S8 medicine sch 9 s 2 amd 2024 SL No. 102 s 8 ; 2024 SL No. 230 s 7 ; 2026 SL No. 16 s 9