11Wholesale supply between pharmacists

11 Wholesale supply between pharmacists

11 Wholesale supply between pharmacists

(1) For the Act, section 14(a), wholesale supply of a Schedule 2, 3, 4 or 8 substance by a pharmacist in a pharmacy, public health entity or private health facility (the supplying pharmacist) to another pharmacist in a pharmacy, public health entity or private health facility (the receiving pharmacist) is authorised if—

(a) the supplying pharmacist receives a written request from the receiving pharmacist in the following circumstances—

(i) the receiving pharmacist is making the request for the purposes of the treatment of a single patient at a public health entity or private health facility or a single customer at a pharmacy,

(ii) the supplying pharmacist, as far as reasonably practicable, supplies the receiving pharmacist with only the minimum amount of the substance necessary for the treatment of the patient or customer, or

(b) the supplying pharmacist is returning an equivalent amount of the substance to the receiving pharmacist, who had previously supplied the same substance in accordance with paragraph (a)(ii).

(2) The supplying pharmacist must not wholesale supply a Schedule 2, 3, 4 or 8 substance under subsection (1) if the written request referred to in subsection (1)(a) is not signed by the receiving pharmacist.

Maximum penalty—Tier 5 penalty.

(3) The supplying pharmacist and receiving pharmacist must keep a record of a scheduled substance wholesale supplied under this section.

Maximum penalty—Tier 5 penalty.