Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Health Professions Registration Act 2005 - SECT 25

Endorsement of registration of Chinese medicine practitioners

25. Endorsement of registration of Chinese medicine practitioners



(1) If the Chinese Medicine Registration Board of Victoria is satisfied that a
person registered under this Act as a Chinese herbal medicine practitioner is
qualified to obtain and to have in his or her possession and to use, sell or
supply Schedule 1 poisons within the meaning of the
Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981, the Board may endorse the
registration and specify in the endorsement the Schedule 1 poisons that the
practitioner is qualified to obtain and to have in his or her possession and
to use, sell or supply.

(2) If the Chinese Medicine Registration Board of Victoria is satisfied that a
Chinese herbal dispenser is qualified to obtain and to have in his or her
possession and to use, sell or supply but not prescribe Schedule 1 poisons
within the meaning of the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981,
the Board may endorse the registration of the Chinese herbal dispenser and
specify in the endorsement the Schedule 1 poisons that the Chinese herbal
dispenser is qualified to obtain and to have in his or her possession and to
use, sell or supply but not prescribe.

(3) The Board may impose a condition on an endorsement under this section
relating to the form or state of the poison or whether the poison is
manufactured or packaged or not.

(4) The Board must not specify any Schedule 1 poison in an endorsement unless
the poison is, or is of a class or type of poison, approved by the Minister
under section 14A of the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981 for
the purposes of this section.