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Poisons Act 1971
59DException for emergency treatment, hospitals and treatment centres
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### 59D Exception for emergency treatment, hospitals and treatment centres
> [*\[Section 59D Inserted by No. 29 of 2009, s. 8, Applied:01 Sep 2009\]*](/view/html/inforce/2009-09-01/act-2009-029#GS8@EN) Nothing in [section 59C](#GS59C@EN) prevents the making of a notifiable restricted substance, narcotic substance or specified substance available for the use of a person –
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> > > (a) receiving emergency medical treatment as an initial response to a trauma or acute condition; or
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> > > (b) receiving medical treatment as an inpatient at a hospital or treatment centre, if those substances are so made available by, or with the authority of, a medical practitioner or an authorised nurse practitioner acting in the course of his or her duties at that hospital or treatment centre.