POISONS ACT 1971 - SECT 59F Protection from liability for information
POISONS ACT 1971 - SECT 59F
Protection from liability for information
A medical practitioner, dentist, authorised health professional or authorised nurse practitioner who notifies the Secretary under section 59B(1) or makes an application to the Secretary under section 59E (a) cannot, by virtue of doing so, be held to have breached any code of professional etiquette or ethics, or to have departed from any accepted form of professional conduct; and(b) insofar as he or she has acted in good faith, incurs no civil or criminal liability in respect of (i) so notifying or applying to the Secretary; or(ii) the provision of further information.