sec.226Reporting lost or stolen medicine

sec.226 Reporting lost or stolen medicine

This section applies to each of the following persons in the following circumstances (each an incident )— a person, in the course of acting as an approved person, reasonably suspects an S8 medicine has been lost or stolen; a person, in the course of acting as an approved person, reasonably suspects pentobarbital has been lost or stolen; a pharmacist, in the course of practising the pharmacist’s profession, reasonably suspects pseudoephedrine or therapeutic nicotine have been lost or stolen; a person, dealing with a diversion-risk medicine under a general approval, reasonably suspects the medicine has been lost or stolen. As soon as practicable, but no later than the end of the next business day, after the incident, the person must— give notice about the incident to the chief executive in the approved form; and notify the police service about the incident. Maximum penalty—40 penalty units. Subsection (2) does not apply if— the medicine is lost or stolen from an RFDS medicine chest kept by the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia; and a report about the incident is given to the senior medical officer of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia. s 226 amd 2024 SL No. 230 s 5 (sec.226-ssec.1) This section applies to each of the following persons in the following circumstances (each an incident )— a person, in the course of acting as an approved person, reasonably suspects an S8 medicine has been lost or stolen; a person, in the course of acting as an approved person, reasonably suspects pentobarbital has been lost or stolen; a pharmacist, in the course of practising the pharmacist’s profession, reasonably suspects pseudoephedrine or therapeutic nicotine have been lost or stolen; a person, dealing with a diversion-risk medicine under a general approval, reasonably suspects the medicine has been lost or stolen. (sec.226-ssec.2) As soon as practicable, but no later than the end of the next business day, after the incident, the person must— give notice about the incident to the chief executive in the approved form; and notify the police service about the incident. Maximum penalty—40 penalty units. (sec.226-ssec.3) Subsection (2) does not apply if— the medicine is lost or stolen from an RFDS medicine chest kept by the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia; and a report about the incident is given to the senior medical officer of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia. s 226 amd 2024 SL No. 230 s 5

• (a) a person, in the course of acting as an approved person, reasonably suspects an S8 medicine has been lost or stolen;
• (b) a person, in the course of acting as an approved person, reasonably suspects pentobarbital has been lost or stolen;
• (c) a pharmacist, in the course of practising the pharmacist’s profession, reasonably suspects pseudoephedrine or therapeutic nicotine have been lost or stolen;