36AAMedicines to be dispensed by pharmacists

36AA Medicines to be dispensed by pharmacists

36AA Medicines to be dispensed by pharmacists

(1) A person, other than a pharmacist or a person acting under the personal supervision of a pharmacist, must not dispense or compound any substance specified in the Poisons List on the prescription of a medical practitioner, a nurse practitioner, a midwife practitioner, an optometrist, a podiatrist, a dentist or a veterinary practitioner.

Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.

(2) Subsection (1) does not prevent—

(a) a medical practitioner, a nurse practitioner, a midwife practitioner, an optometrist, a podiatrist, a dentist or a veterinary practitioner from supplying a substance to which that subsection refers in the ordinary course of his or her profession, or

(b) a person from supplying a substance to which that subsection refers under, and in accordance with the conditions of, an authority issued under this Act or the regulations.

s 36AA: Ins 2006 No 59, Sch 7.13 [2] (am 2006 No 120, Sch 2.70). Am 2012 No 39, Sch 1.3 [8].