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DRUGS, POISONS AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT 1981 - SECT 13A Chinese medicine practitioners and herbal dispensers must establish therapeutic need

DRUGS, POISONS AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT 1981 - SECT 13A

Chinese medicine practitioners and herbal dispensers must establish therapeutic need

S. 13A(1) amended by No. 13/2010 s. 38(a).

    (1)     A registered Chinese medicine practitioner must not administer, prescribe, sell or supply a Schedule 1 poison unless—

        (a)     the poison is for the therapeutic use of a person who has consulted the practitioner; and

        (b)     the practitioner has taken all reasonable steps to ensure that the person has a therapeutic need for the Schedule 1 poison.

Penalty:     100 penalty units.

S. 13A(2) amended by No. 13/2010 s. 38(a).

    (2)     A registered Chinese herbal dispenser must not sell or supply a Schedule 1 poison to a person unless—

S. 13A(2)(a) amended by No. 13/2010 s. 38(a).

        (a)     the sale or supply is on production of and in accordance with the original written prescription or order of a registered Chinese medicine practitioner; and

S. 13A(2)(b) amended by No. 13/2010 s. 38(b).

        (b)     the dispenser has taken reasonable steps to ensure that the prescription or order is in accordance with any endorsement of the registration of the registered Chinese medicine practitioner.

Penalty:     100 penalty units.

S. 14 (Heading) inserted by No. 13/2010 s. 39(1).

S. 14 amended by Nos 10002 s. 4(a)–(c), 23/1994 s. 118(Sch. 1 item 17.5(a)–(d)), 18/2000 s. 101 (ILA s. 39B(1)).