Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 2022
75Offence—supplying, dispensing or issuing prescriptions for certain scheduled substances without OTP registration
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75 Offence—supplying, dispensing or issuing prescriptions for certain scheduled substances without OTP registration
75 Offence—supplying, dispensing or issuing prescriptions for certain scheduled substances without OTP registration
(1) A medical practitioner or nurse practitioner must not, without an OTP registration—
(a) supply or administer a prescribed Schedule 8 substance or other prescribed scheduled substance, or
(b) issue a prescription for a prescribed Schedule 8 substance or other prescribed scheduled substance.
Maximum penalty—Tier 5 penalty.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person acting under the direction of a medical practitioner or nurse practitioner who has an OTP registration.
(3) A pharmacist must not dispense a prescribed Schedule 8 substance or other prescribed scheduled substance from a pharmacy that does not have an OTP registration.
Maximum penalty—Tier 5 penalty.