Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981 - SECT 34E

Exceptions to Schedule 8 permit requirement-multiple practitioners at medical clinic

34E. Exceptions to Schedule 8 permit requirement-multiple practitioners at
medical clinic



(1) Despite section 34B, a registered medical practitioner or a nurse
practitioner at a multiple-practitioner clinic is authorised to administer,
supply or prescribe a Schedule 8 poison to or for a drug-dependent person
without a Schedule 8 permit if-

   (a)  the treatment is provided at the multiple-practitioner clinic; and

   (b)  a Schedule 8 permit has been issued to another registered medical
        practitioner or another nurse practitioner at that
        multiple-practitioner clinic to administer, supply or prescribe the
        Schedule 8 poison to or for that drug-dependent person; and

   (c)  the administration, supply or prescription of the Schedule 8 poison is
        carried out in accordance with that permit.

(2) Despite section 34C(1), a registered medical practitioner or a nurse
practitioner at a multiple-practitioner clinic is authorised to administer,
supply or prescribe a Schedule 8 poison to or for a person who is not a
drug-dependent person during a continuous period greater than 8 weeks without
a Schedule 8 permit if-

   (a)  the treatment is provided at the multiple-practitioner clinic; and

   (b)  a Schedule 8 permit has been issued to another registered medical
        practitioner or another nurse practitioner at that
        multiple-practitioner clinic to administer, supply or prescribe the
        Schedule 8 poison to or for that person; and

   (c)  the administration, supply or prescription of the Schedule 8 poison is
        carried out in accordance with that permit.

(3) Despite section 34C(2), a registered medical practitioner or a nurse
practitioner at a multiple practitioner clinic is authorised to administer,
supply or prescribe a Schedule 8 poison to or for a person who is not a
drug-dependent person without a Schedule 8 permit in the circumstances set out
in section 34C(2) if-

   (a)  the treatment is provided at the multiple-practitioner clinic; and

   (b)  a Schedule 8 permit has been issued to another registered medical
        practitioner or another nurse practitioner at that
        multiple-practitioner clinic to administer, supply or prescribe the
        Schedule 8 poison to or for that person; and

   (c)  the administration, supply or prescription of the Schedule 8 poison is
        carried out in accordance with that permit.