sec.132Giving diversion-risk medicine

sec.132 Giving diversion-risk medicine

This section applies in relation to a diversion-risk medicine for a patient being given on a written prescription. An authorised person must take all reasonable steps to ensure the named prescriber on the prescription is genuinely the prescriber of the diversion-risk medicine. The authorised person is taken to comply with subsection (2) if— the person is familiar with information on the prescription identifying the named prescriber to the person; or the person contacts the named prescriber and confirms the prescription was given by the named prescriber. Subsection (5) applies if the diversion-risk medicine is also a monitored medicine. The authorised person is taken to comply with subsection (2) if the person checks the monitored medicines database and information in the database indicates the medicine was prescribed by the named prescriber. In this section— named prescriber , on a prescription, means the person named as prescribing the medicine on the prescription. (sec.132-ssec.1) This section applies in relation to a diversion-risk medicine for a patient being given on a written prescription. (sec.132-ssec.2) An authorised person must take all reasonable steps to ensure the named prescriber on the prescription is genuinely the prescriber of the diversion-risk medicine. (sec.132-ssec.3) The authorised person is taken to comply with subsection (2) if— the person is familiar with information on the prescription identifying the named prescriber to the person; or the person contacts the named prescriber and confirms the prescription was given by the named prescriber. (sec.132-ssec.4) Subsection (5) applies if the diversion-risk medicine is also a monitored medicine. (sec.132-ssec.5) The authorised person is taken to comply with subsection (2) if the person checks the monitored medicines database and information in the database indicates the medicine was prescribed by the named prescriber. (sec.132-ssec.6) In this section— named prescriber , on a prescription, means the person named as prescribing the medicine on the prescription.

• (a) the person is familiar with information on the prescription identifying the named prescriber to the person; or
• (b) the person contacts the named prescriber and confirms the prescription was given by the named prescriber.