Poisons Standard 2013
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Dispensed medicines
- Unless otherwise specified by regulation:
(1) The labelling requirements of this Standard do not apply to a medicine that:
(a) is supplied by an authorised prescriber or other person authorised to supply and is labelled in accordance with the requirements of Appendix L Part 1 of this Standard; or
(b) is supplied on and in accordance with a prescription written by an authorised prescriber and is labelled in accordance with the requirements of Appendix L Part 1 of this Standard; or
(c) is prepared and supplied by a pharmacist for an individual patient and is labelled in accordance with the requirements of Appendix L Part 1 of this Standard.
(2) A person must not supply a dispensed medicine for human use containing:
(a) a poison listed in column 1 of the table at Appendix L Part 2 of this Standard unless it is clearly labelled with the warning statement(s) specified in column 2 of that table; or
(b) a poison listed in Appendix K unless it is clearly labelled with a sedation warning (being statement 39, 40 or 90 as specified in Appendix F Part 1 of this Standard).