Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 2012
243BMeaning of recordable prescription and recordable supply
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243B Meaning of recordable prescription and recordable supply (1) A recordable prescription is a prescription for a monitored medicine that: (a) is issued to a person in the Territory; or (b) is issued outside the Territory to a person who is ordinarily resident in the Territory; or
Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 2012 130 (c) is issued outside the Territory to a person who has the prescription filled in the Territory; or (d) is issued in circumstances prescribed by regulation. (2) Despite subsection (1), a prescription for a monitored medicine that the regulations prescribe to be exempt from a recordable prescription is not a recordable prescription. (3) A recordable supply is a supply of a monitored medicine for administration to a person that: (a) occurs within the Territory; or (b) occurs outside the Territory if the supply is made to a person ordinarily resident in the Territory; or (c) occurs outside the Territory if the supply is made on the basis of a prescription issued in the Territory; or (d) is supplied in circumstances prescribed by regulation. (4) Despite subsection (3), a supply of a monitored medicine that the regulations prescribe to be exempt from a recordable supply is not a recordable supply. Division 2 Establishment and maintenance of monitored medicines database