Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Regulation 2026
57Pharmacists must keep copies of certain prescriptions
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57 Pharmacists must keep copies of certain prescriptions
57 Pharmacists must keep copies of certain prescriptions
(1) A pharmacist who supplies a Schedule 4D substance that is an anabolic-androgenic steroidal substance or a Schedule 8 substance on prescription must keep a copy of the prescription, whether or not the prescription authorises more than one supply of the substance.
Maximum penalty—Tier 5 penalty.
(2) The pharmacist must keep the copy of the prescription separately from prescriptions for other substances.
Maximum penalty—Tier 5 penalty.
(3) Subsection (2) does not apply to a conformant electronic prescription.