Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 2012
99Administering Schedule 3, 4 or 8 substance at hospital,
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99 Administering Schedule 3, 4 or 8 substance at hospital, residential facility or declared place (a) a health practitioner is practising in the health practitioner's health profession at a hospital, residential facility or declared place; and (b) in the course of practising the health profession, the health practitioner: (i) is supplied a Schedule 3 substance; or (ii) is supplied a Schedule 4 or 8 substance on a prescription or supply order of an authorised prescriber for the substance; and (c) the substance is supplied for administering to a patient of the hospital, resident at the residential facility or person receiving medical treatment at the declared place (the relevant patient). (2) The health practitioner commits an offence if the health practitioner: (a) knows the supplied substance is a Schedule 3, 4 or 8 (b) administers the substance to the relevant patient; and (c) does not administer the substance in accordance with the instructions of the authorised prescriber. (3) The health practitioner commits an offence if the health practitioner: (a) knows the supplied substance is a Schedule 3, 4 or 8 (b) administers the substance to a person; and
Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 2012 58 (c) knows the person is not the relevant patient. Maximum penalty: 200 penalty units.