86Endorsement on health practitioner's registration for

86 Endorsement on health practitioner's registration for additional qualifications (1) This section applies to a health practitioner whose registration under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law is endorsed as qualified to issue a prescription for the supply of a Scheduled substance (the endorsed qualification) in addition to an authorisation under Subdivision 1 or 2. Part 7, Division 3 of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law deals with the endorsement of registration under the Law. (2) The health practitioner may, in the course of practising in the health practitioner's health profession, issue a prescription for the supply of the Scheduled substance in accordance with the endorsed qualification.

Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 2012 51 (3) The health practitioner's authorisation under subsection (2) is subject to the conditions or other restrictions prescribed by Note for section 86 A health practitioner may also issue a prescription for a Schedule 3 substance, the cost of which is subsidised under the Australian Government's Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.