Section 48 - Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Regulation 2026 - Schedule 4 and 8 substances must be supplied on proper prescription

48Schedule 4 and 8 substances must be supplied on proper prescription

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48 Schedule 4 and 8 substances must be supplied on proper prescription

(1) A pharmacist must not supply a Schedule 4 or 8 substance on prescription unless the prescription complies with the requirements of this part.

Maximum penalty—Tier 5 penalty.

(2) It is not an offence under subsection (1) to supply a Schedule 4 or 8 substance on prescription if the prescription does not specify—

(a) the number of times that an amount of the substance may be supplied, or

(b) for a Schedule 4D substance that is an anabolic-androgenic steroidal substance or a Schedule 8 substance—the intervals at which an amount of the substance may be supplied, or

(c) the following information—

(i) the patient’s date of birth, but only if—

(A) the pharmacist confirms the date with the prescriber and records the information, or

(B) the pharmacist has confirmed the date with the patient or the agent or carer of the patient,

(ii) the directions for use of the substance, but only if the pharmacist confirms the directions with the prescriber and records the information.

(3) Subsection (2)(a) and (b) do not apply if it appears to the pharmacist that the substance has previously been supplied on the prescription, regardless of how many times the prescription purports to authorise the supply of the substance.