Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Regulation 2008
490AAuthorisations for health practitioners to deal with
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490A Authorisations for health practitioners to deal with medicines with CHO approval—Act, s 20 (1) (c) (1) A health practitioner is authorised to deal with a medicine if the health practitioner is approved under this section to deal with the medicine. (2) The chief health officer may approve a health practitioner, or a class of health practitioners, to deal with a medicine if the chief health officer is satisfied that the approval is appropriate in the circumstances. (3) The approval must be in writing and include the following (a) the health practitioner or the class of health practitioners to whom the approval relates; (b) the dealing to which the approval relates;
Part 9.6 Medicines authorisations for health practitioners (c) the medicine to which the approval relates; (d) any conditions to which the approval is subject; (e) a unique identifying number for the approval; (f) the date the approval starts; (g) if the approval applies for a stated period—the stated period. (4) An approval is a notifiable instrument.
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