POISONS AND THERAPEUTIC GOODS REGULATION 2008 - REG 69
Packaging and labelling generally
POISONS AND THERAPEUTIC GOODS REGULATION 2008 - REG 69
Packaging and labelling generally
69 Packaging and labelling generally
(1) A dealer who supplies a drug of
addiction must ensure that the drug is packaged and labelled--
(a) in
accordance with the relevant provisions of the current Poisons Standard, and
(b) in the case of a drug of addiction to which Therapeutic Goods Order No. 95
applies, in accordance with that Order.
(2) Despite subclause (1), an
authorised practitioner who supplies a drug of addiction must ensure that the
drug is packaged in accordance with the requirements of that subclause but
labelled in accordance with the requirements of Appendix A.
(3) A pharmacist
who supplies any quantity of a drug of addiction on prescription must ensure
that the drug is supplied in a package that is labelled in accordance with the
requirements of Appendix A instead of in accordance with the requirements of
subclause (1).
(4) Despite subclause (1), an authorised practitioner or
pharmacist who supplies a drug of addiction to a person who, in the opinion of
the authorised practitioner or pharmacist, would suffer undue hardship through
difficulty in opening a container that is packaged in accordance with
Therapeutic Goods Order No. 95 , is not required to package the drug in
accordance with that Order.
