sec.228Reporting and preventing use of unlawful document

sec.228 Reporting and preventing use of unlawful document

This section applies if a person who is authorised to deal with a medicine receives any of the following documents— a purchase order for stock of a medicine; a prescription for dispensing a medicine; a prescription for giving a treatment dose of a medicine. If the person reasonably believes the document has been unlawfully obtained or made, the person must take the following action— record the name and address of whoever gave the person the document; notify the police service as soon as practicable; if the document is for a diversion-risk medicine—give notice to the chief executive in the approved form as soon as practicable; for a hard copy of a purchase order—keep the purchase order or a copy of the order; for a purchase order given electronically—process the purchase order in the system in which it is kept to prevent stock of the medicine being supplied; for a paper prescription—keep the prescription or a copy of the prescription; for an electronic prescription—process the prescription in the system in which it is kept to prevent the medicine being dispensed or given. Maximum penalty—60 penalty units. The person is required to comply with subsection (2) only to the extent it is safe for the person to comply. (sec.228-ssec.1) This section applies if a person who is authorised to deal with a medicine receives any of the following documents— a purchase order for stock of a medicine; a prescription for dispensing a medicine; a prescription for giving a treatment dose of a medicine. (sec.228-ssec.2) If the person reasonably believes the document has been unlawfully obtained or made, the person must take the following action— record the name and address of whoever gave the person the document; notify the police service as soon as practicable; if the document is for a diversion-risk medicine—give notice to the chief executive in the approved form as soon as practicable; for a hard copy of a purchase order—keep the purchase order or a copy of the order; for a purchase order given electronically—process the purchase order in the system in which it is kept to prevent stock of the medicine being supplied; for a paper prescription—keep the prescription or a copy of the prescription; for an electronic prescription—process the prescription in the system in which it is kept to prevent the medicine being dispensed or given. Maximum penalty—60 penalty units. (sec.228-ssec.3) The person is required to comply with subsection (2) only to the extent it is safe for the person to comply.

• (a) a purchase order for stock of a medicine;
• (b) a prescription for dispensing a medicine;
• (c) a prescription for giving a treatment dose of a medicine.
• (a) record the name and address of whoever gave the person the document;
• (b) notify the police service as soon as practicable;