POISONS AND THERAPEUTIC GOODS REGULATION 2008 - REG 56
Records to be kept of certain supply of restricted substances
POISONS AND THERAPEUTIC GOODS REGULATION 2008 - REG 56
Records to be kept of certain supply of restricted substances
56 Records to be kept of certain supply of restricted substances
(1) An
authorised practitioner who supplies a restricted substance--
(a) must record
the name, strength and quantity of the substance supplied and the date on
which it was supplied, and
(b) must record--
(i) if the supply of the
restricted substance is for a patient--the name and address of the patient, or
(ii) if the supply of the restricted substance is for an animal--the species
of the animal and the name and address of the animal's owner, or
(iii) if the
restricted substance is azithromycin and the supply is for a patient's partner
for the treatment of chlamydia--the name and email address or mobile phone
number of the partner, and
(c) must keep the record of the supply of the
substance at the hospital, surgery or office of the person supplying the
substance.
: Maximum penalty--20 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months,
or both.
(2) In this clause--
"partner" of a patient includes any of the following--
(a) the patient's
spouse,
(b) the patient's de facto partner,
(c) a person with whom the
patient is or was in a sexual relationship.
