Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Regulation 2008
592Applications for CHO approval to prescribe appendix D
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592 Applications for CHO approval to prescribe appendix D (1) A prescriber may, in writing, apply to the chief health officer for approval to prescribe an appendix D medicine. (2) The application must include the following: (a) the medicine’s name; (b) the prescriber’s name, business address and telephone number; (c) if the prescriber is a specialist—the specialist area in which the prescriber practises; (d) if the prescriber is not a specialist—the prescriber’s qualifications and experience in relation to the medicine. (3) The chief health officer may ask the prescriber for any other information reasonably required to decide the application.