94Exceptions to section 28—supply

#### 94 Exceptions to section 28—supply 94 Exceptions to section 28—supply > > (1) A medical practitioner or nurse practitioner is authorised to supply a drug of addiction, other than an unregistered drug of addiction, for a person without an authority under section 29 of the Act if— > > > > > (a) the medical practitioner or nurse practitioner is of the opinion that the person requires the use of the drug in the course of treatment as an in-patient in a public hospital or private health facility, and > > > > > (b) the supply is for a course of treatment for a period of not more than 14 days following the person’s admission as an in-patient. > > > (2) A medical practitioner or nurse practitioner is authorised to supply methadone or buprenorphine to a person without an authority under section 29 of the Act if— > > > > > (a) in the case of a medical practitioner, the medical practitioner is approved as a prescriber of drugs of addiction under section 28A of the Act and in the case of a nurse practitioner, the nurse practitioner is authorised by the Secretary for the purposes of this clause, and > > > > > (b) the person is an inmate in a correctional centre, and > > > > > (c) the methadone or buprenorphine is supplied for use by the person as a course of treatment while an inmate, and > > > > > (d) immediately before the person became an inmate, a medical practitioner or nurse practitioner had an authority under section 29 of the Act to prescribe methadone or buprenorphine for the person, or supply methadone or buprenorphine to the person, and > > > > > (e) the methadone or buprenorphine is supplied for the purpose of continuing the treatment that the person was receiving or was about to receive immediately before the person became an inmate. > > > (3) A medical practitioner or nurse practitioner is authorised to supply a drug of addiction to a person without an authority under section 29 of the Act if— > > > > > (a) the person is the subject of such an authority, and > > > > > (b) the medical practitioner or nurse practitioner is practising at the same premises that the holder of the authority was practising at when the authority was issued, and > > > > > (c) the supply is in accordance with any conditions to which that authority is subject. > > > (4) A medical practitioner is authorised to supply a drug of addiction for a person without an authority under section 29 of the Act if— > > > > > (a) the person is an in-patient in a public hospital or private health facility who was, immediately before the person’s admission to that hospital or facility, being treated with that drug of addiction, which was prescribed or supplied in accordance with the Act or this Regulation, and > > > > > (b) the drug of addiction is supplied for the purpose of continuing the person’s treatment with that drug of addiction following the person’s admission. > > > (5) A medical practitioner is authorised to supply a drug of addiction to a person without an authority under section 29 of the Act if— > > > > > (a) the medical practitioner holds an authority under Division 4 of Part 8 of this Regulation that authorises the practitioner to supply that drug of addiction for the purposes of a clinical trial, and > > > > > (b) the supply of the drug of addiction is in accordance with the authority. > > **cl 94:** Am 2018 (655), Sch 1 \[11\] \[12\]; 2020 (111), Sch 1\[3\]; 2021 (386), Sch 1\[9\].