13Wholesale supply by pharmacists for urgent use by authorised practitioners

13 Wholesale supply by pharmacists for urgent use by authorised practitioners

13 Wholesale supply by pharmacists for urgent use by authorised practitioners

(1) For the Act, section 14(a), wholesale supply of a Schedule 4 or 8 substance by a pharmacist in a pharmacy to an authorised practitioner for urgent use is authorised if the supply is in accordance with a written request signed by the authorised practitioner and—

(a) the substance is—

(i) in the form of a registered good, or

(ii) a good approved for supply under the Commonwealth Therapeutic Goods Act, section 19A, or

(b) if the wholesale supply is to a veterinary practitioner—

(i) the substance is in the form of a veterinary chemical product, registered under the Commonwealth Agvet Codes, or

(ii) the pharmacist holds a permit under the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994 of the Commonwealth, Schedule, Part 7 in relation to the substance.

(2) A pharmacist who supplies a substance under this section must keep a record of 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 pharmacist who supplied the substance,

(e) the name of the authorised practitioner.

Maximum penalty—Tier 5 penalty.

(3) In this section—

registered good has the same meaning as in the Commonwealth Therapeutic Goods Act.