Victorian Consolidated Regulations

Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Regulations 2006 - SECT 12

Patient identity and therapeutic need to be determined for drugs of dependence-pharmacists

12. Patient identity and therapeutic need to be determined for drugs of
dependence-pharmacists



(1) A pharmacist who supplies a drug of dependence to or for a person other
than by wholesale or on the prescription of a registered medical practitioner,
dentist or nurse practitioner must-

   (a)  take all reasonable steps to ascertain the identity of the person to
        or for whom it is proposed to supply the drug of dependence; and

   (b)  do so only for the therapeutic use of the person after having taken
        all reasonable steps to ensure a therapeutic need for the drug of
        dependence exists.

Penalty: 100 penalty units.

(2) A pharmacist who supplies a drug of dependence to a person for an animal
other than by wholesale or on the prescription of a veterinary practitioner
must do so only for the therapeutic use of the animal after having taken all
reasonable steps to ensure a therapeutic need for the drug of dependence
exists.

Penalty: 100 penalty units.