Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 2012
70CAdministering, supplying and possessing Schedule 4 or 8
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70C Administering, supplying and possessing Schedule 4 or 8 substance under SSTP – prescribed health practitioners (1) Subject to subsection (2), a prescribed health practitioner may, in the course of practising in the practitioner's health profession, administer a Schedule 4 or 8 substance to another person if: (a) an approved SSTP for the administration of the substance applies to the practitioner; and (b) the administration of the substance to the other person is in the circumstances specified in the approved SSTP. (2) The prescribed health practitioner must administer the substance in
Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 2012 42 (3) Subject to subsection (4), a prescribed health practitioner may, in the course of practising in the practitioner's health profession, supply a Schedule 4 or 8 substance to another person if: (a) an approved SSTP for the supply of the substance applies to the practitioner; and (b) the supply of the substance to the other person is in the circumstances specified in the approved SSTP. (4) The prescribed health practitioner must supply the substance in (5) A prescribed health practitioner who is authorised to administer or supply a Schedule 4 or 8 substance to another person under this section may, in the course of practising in the practitioner's health profession, possess the substance for that purpose.