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POISONS AND THERAPEUTIC GOODS ACT 1966 - SECT 36AA Medicines to be dispensed by pharmacists

POISONS AND THERAPEUTIC GOODS ACT 1966 - SECT 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.
: Maximum penalty--50 penalty units.
(2) Subsection (1) does not prevent--
(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
(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.