Medicines and Poisons (Medicines) Regulation 2021
sec.140Reasonable necessity for therapeutic treatment
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sec.140 Reasonable necessity for therapeutic treatment
This section applies to an authorised person who is authorised to administer a medicine to a patient or an animal without a prescription. The authorised person must not administer the medicine unless the person assesses the medicine to be reasonably necessary for the therapeutic treatment of the patient or animal. (sec.140-ssec.1) This section applies to an authorised person who is authorised to administer a medicine to a patient or an animal without a prescription. (sec.140-ssec.2) The authorised person must not administer the medicine unless the person assesses the medicine to be reasonably necessary for the therapeutic treatment of the patient or animal.