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Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Regulation 2008
48Supply by pharmacists of benzylpenicillin for use in animals
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#### 48 Supply by pharmacists of benzylpenicillin for use in animals
48 Supply by pharmacists of benzylpenicillin for use in animals
> > (1) This clause applies to benzylpenicillin, including procaine penicillin, in preparations for use by intramuscular injection in animals.
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> > (2) A pharmacist may supply benzylpenicillin otherwise than on prescription to a person who satisfies the pharmacist that it is needed for the urgent treatment of an animal and that, under the circumstances, it is not practicable to obtain a prescription authorising its supply.
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> > (3) A pharmacist must not supply benzylpenicillin—
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> > > (a) to any person who is under 18 years of age, or
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> > > (b) to any person who is unknown to the pharmacist.
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> > (4) Subclause (3)(b) does not prevent a pharmacist from supplying benzylpenicillin to a person who is unknown to the pharmacist if it is supplied in the presence of a person who is known to the pharmacist and who satisfies the pharmacist that he or she knows the person being supplied.