Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 2008
97FMonitored medicines database—access and use by
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97F Monitored medicines database—access and use by relevant health practitioners (1) A relevant health practitioner may access and use the monitored medicines database for 1 or more of the following purposes: (a) to inform decisions in relation to the prescription or supply of a monitored medicine to a person under the relevant health practitioner’s care; (b) to inform decisions in relation to the treatment or care of a person under the relevant health practitioner’s care; (c) to disclose information about a person under the relevant health practitioner’s care to that person; (d) to disclose information about a person under the relevant health practitioner’s care to another health practitioner involved in the person’s treatment or care; (e) a purpose prescribed by regulation. (2) The chief health officer must make the monitored medicines database available to a relevant health practitioner at no cost.