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Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 1966
36AAMedicines to be dispensed by pharmacists
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#### 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.
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> > Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.
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> > (2) Subsection (1) does not prevent—
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> > > (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
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> > > (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.
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> **s 36AA:** Ins 2006 No 59, Sch 7.13 \[2\] (am 2006 No 120, Sch 2.70). Am 2012 No 39, Sch 1.3 \[8\].