POISONS AND THERAPEUTIC GOODS ACT 1966 - SECT 28A
Approval of prescribers of drugs of addiction
POISONS AND THERAPEUTIC GOODS ACT 1966 - SECT 28A
Approval of prescribers of drugs of addiction
28A Approval of prescribers of drugs of addiction
(1) The Secretary may, on the recommendation of the Medical Committee, approve
a medical practitioner as a prescriber of drugs of addiction.
(2) Application
for such an approval must be made to the Secretary in writing and must be
referred by the Secretary to the Medical Committee for its recommendation.
(a) revoke an approval or a condition of an approval,
(b)
amend a condition of an approval,
(c) impose a condition of an approval that
was an unconditional approval, or
(d) impose an additional condition of an
approval.
(7) The Secretary may, pending receipt of a recommendation for the
purposes of subsection (6) or before referring the matter to the
Medical Committee for a recommendation if the circumstances are sufficiently
urgent to require immediate action--
(a) suspend an approval, or
(b) impose
or amend a condition of an approval.
(8) The Secretary may arrange for an
approval to be referred from time to time to the Medical Committee for review
and a report and recommendation to the Secretary as a result of the review.
(9) Nothing in this section prevents the Secretary from refusing an
application or from referring for report and recommendation by the
Medical Committee any question arising under this section.
(10) For the
purposes of subsection (7), the circumstances are sufficiently urgent to
require immediate action with respect to a medical practitioner's approval if
the Secretary is of the opinion that the action is necessary for the purpose
of protecting the life, or the physical or mental health, of the medical
practitioner or any other person (whether or not any other such person is
identifiable).