Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 2022
18Wholesale supply between pharmacists
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18 Wholesale supply between pharmacists
18 Wholesale supply between pharmacists
Wholesale supply of Schedule 2, 3, 4 and 8 substances and other prescribed therapeutic goods by a pharmacist from a pharmacy (the supplying pharmacist) to another pharmacist for a pharmacy (the receiving pharmacist) is authorised if—
(a) the supplying pharmacist receives a written request in the approved form signed by the receiving pharmacist in the following circumstances—
(i) the receiving pharmacist is making the request to satisfy an order of a single customer,
(ii) the supplying pharmacist, as far as reasonably practicable, supplies the receiving pharmacist only the minimum amount of the substance or goods necessary to satisfy the order of the customer, or
(b) the supplying pharmacist is returning an equivalent amount of the substance or goods to a pharmacist who had previously supplied the same substance or goods in accordance with paragraph (a)(ii).
s 18: Am 2023 No 35, Sch 1.14.