DRUGS, POISONS AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT 1981 - SECT 30C Access, use and disclosure of information on monitored poisons database
DRUGS, POISONS AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT 1981 - SECT 30C
Access, use and disclosure of information on monitored poisons database(1) A pharmacist may access, use and disclose information on the monitored poisons database for the following specified purposes—
(a) providing records and information to the database in accordance with this Act or the regulations;
(b) accessing records and information in relation to a person for whom a monitored poison may be supplied;
(c) accessing records and information in relation to a person in relation to the medical treatment or care of that person;
(d) disclosing information in the database to any registered health practitioner involved in the care of a person whose information is maintained in the database;
(e) any other prescribed purpose.
(2) A registered medical practitioner or a nurse practitioner may access, use and disclose information on the monitored poisons database for the following specified purposes—
(a) providing records and information to the database in accordance with this Act or the regulations;
(b) accessing records and information in relation to a person for whom a monitored poison may be supplied, prescribed or administered;
(c) accessing records and information in relation to a person in relation to the medical treatment or care of that person;
(d) disclosing information in the database to any registered health practitioner involved in the care of a person whose information is maintained in the database;
(e) any other prescribed purpose.
(3) Any person who is authorised by the Secretary under subsection (5), or who belongs to a class of person that is authorised by the Secretary under subsection (5), may access, use and disclose information on the monitored poisons database for the purposes specified in that authorisation.
(4) Any entity that is prescribed, or that belongs to a prescribed class, may access, use and disclose information on the monitored poisons database for the purposes specified in relation to the entity in the regulations.
(5) The Secretary may authorise a person or class of person to access, use and disclose information in the monitored poisons database for the purposes specified in relation to the person or class in the authorisation if satisfied that the access, use and disclosure—
(a) would assist in achieving the purposes of—
(i) promoting safe supply, prescription and dispensing practices; and
(ii) reducing harm from monitored poisons and other high risk medication; or
(b) is for technical or administrative purposes relating to the maintenance of the database; or
(c) is to facilitate evaluation and research into monitored poisons and the operation of the monitored poisons database.
(6) An authorisation under subsection (5) must—
(a) be in writing; and
(b) in the case of an authorisation for a class of person, be published in the Government Gazette.
Note
See also section 42A in relation to authorized officers.
S. 30D inserted by No. 50/2017 s. 5.