10Wholesale supply by pharmacy businesses

10 Wholesale supply by pharmacy businesses

10 Wholesale supply by pharmacy businesses

(1) For the Act, section 14(a), wholesale supply of a Schedule 2, 3, 4 or 8 substance by a pharmacy business (the supplying pharmacy business) to another pharmacy business (the receiving pharmacy business) is authorised if the supply occurs because the receiving pharmacy business becomes the owner of the supplying pharmacy business and takes control of the substance.

(2) For the Act, section 14(a), wholesale supply of a Schedule 2, 3, 4 or 8 substance by the following persons to a pharmacist in a pharmacy is authorised if the supply is in connection with the bankruptcy, liquidation or external administration of a pharmacy business—

(a) another pharmacist in a pharmacy,

(b) another approved person.

(3) For the Act, section 14(a), wholesale supply of a Schedule 2, 3 or 4 substance, other than a Schedule 4D substance, by a pharmacy business to another pharmacy business is authorised if—

(a) both pharmacy businesses are entirely owned or controlled by the same individual, or

(b) the substance will expire within 6 months and the pharmacy business supplying the substance is not reasonably likely to supply or administer the substance to a person before the substance expires.

(4) A pharmacy business who supplies or receives a substance under this section must record the following—

(a) the date on which the substance was supplied,

(b) the name, strength and quantity of the substance supplied,

(c) the batch number and expiry date of the substance supplied,

(d) the name of the pharmacy business that supplied the substance,

(e) the name of the pharmacy business that received the substance.

Maximum penalty—Tier 5 penalty.

(5) In this section—

pharmacy business has the same meaning as in the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NSW), Schedule 5F.