Victorian Consolidated Legislation

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

Exception to Schedule 8 permit requirement-patients in prisons, aged care services and hospitals

34F. Exception to Schedule 8 permit requirement-patients in prisons, aged care
services and hospitals

Despite sections 34B and 34C, a registered medical practitioner or a nurse
practitioner is authorised to administer, supply or prescribe a Schedule 8
poison to or for a person without a Schedule 8 permit if that person is-

   (a)  a prisoner being treated in a prison for the period in prison and a
        period not exceeding 7 days after that prisoner's release from
        custody; or

   (b)  a resident being treated in an aged care service; or

   (c)  an in-patient being treated in a hospital.