28Unlawful conduct in relation to prescriptions

28 Unlawful conduct in relation to prescriptions

(1)  In this section –

blank prescription form means –

(a) a form that the Commission established under section 4 of the Health Insurance Commission Act 1973 of the Commonwealth has supplied or caused to be supplied to a health professional for the purposes of writing a prescription in accordance with the National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Regulations 1960 of the Commonwealth; or

(b) a form that a health professional has privately prepared or caused to be prepared for the purpose of writing a prescription, being a form that identifies, and purports to be a prescription form of, that health professional;

conduct includes the making of an oral or written representation;

[Section 28 Subsection (1) amended by No. 3 of 2010, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jul 2010]

[Section 28 Subsection (1) amended by No. 3 of 2010, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jul 2010] health professional means –

(a) a medical practitioner; and

(b) a person registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Tasmania) in the dental profession as a dentist; and

(c) a person registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Tasmania) in the nursing profession who is endorsed by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia to practise as a nurse practitioner; and

(d) a person who may lawfully practise as a veterinary surgeon, whether in this State or in a Territory or another State.

prescription means a prescription of a health professional, for the supply of a substance comprising or consisting of a controlled drug or controlled precursor;