Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981 - SECT 14

Special provisions as to medical practitioners

14. Special provisions as to medical practitioners









(1) If, under the Health Professions Registration Act 2005, the Medical
Practitioners Board of Victoria has imposed in relation to the practice of a
registered medical practitioner conditions, limitations or restrictions
including a condition, limitation or restriction prohibiting the prescription
of any drug or substance or class of drugs or substances, being a poison or
controlled substance or drug of dependence or poisons or controlled substances
or drugs of dependence that registered medical practitioner for the purpose of
this Act and the regulations shall be deemed to be not authorized to obtain
and have in his possession or to use sell or supply in the lawful practice of
his profession the poison or controlled substance or drug of dependence or the
poisons or controlled substances or drugs of dependence to which the
condition, limitation or restriction relates.

(2) If the Chinese Medicine Registration Board of Victoria continued in
operation under the Health Professions Registration Act 2005 has imposed in
relation to the practice of a practitioner registered under that Act a
condition, limitation or restriction prohibiting the prescription, ordering or
dispensing of any Schedule 1 poison, that registered practitioner for the
purposes of this Act and the regulations is deemed to be not authorised to
obtain and have in his or her possession or to use sell or supply in the
lawful practice of his or her profession the Schedule 1 poison to which the
condition, limitation or restriction relates.

(3) If the Nurses Board of Victoria continued in operation under the
Health Professions Registration Act 2005 has imposed in relation to the
practice of a nurse practitioner conditions, limitations or restrictions
including a condition, limitation or restriction prohibiting the prescription
of any drug or substance or class of drugs or substances, being a poison or
controlled substance or drug of dependence or poisons or controlled substances
or drugs of dependence that nurse practitioner for the purposes of this Act
and the regulations is deemed to be not authorized to obtain and have in his
or her possession or to use sell or supply in the lawful practice of his or
her profession the poison or controlled substance or drug of dependence or the
poisons or controlled substances or drugs of dependence to which the
condition, limitation or restriction relates.

(4) If the Optometrists Registration Board of Victoria continued under the
Health Professions Registration Act 2005 has imposed in relation to the
practice of an optometrist registered under that Act a condition, limitation
or restriction prohibiting the prescription, ordering or dispensing of any
Schedule 2, 3 or 4 poison, that optometrist for the purposes of this Act and
the regulations is deemed to be not authorised to obtain and have in his or
her possession or to use sell or supply in the lawful practice of his or her
profession the Schedule 2, 3 or 4 poison to which the condition, limitation or
restriction relates.

(5) If the Podiatrists Registration Board of Victoria continued under the
Health Professions Registration Act 2005 has imposed in relation to the
practice of a podiatrist registered under that Act a condition, limitation or
restriction prohibiting the prescription, ordering or dispensing of any
Schedule 2, 3 or 4 poison, that podiatrist for the purposes of this Act and
the regulations is deemed to be not authorised to obtain and have in his or
her possession or to use sell or supply in the lawful practice of his or her
profession the Schedule 2, 3 or 4 poison to which the condition, limitation or
restriction relates.