Victorian Consolidated Regulations

Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Regulations 2006 - SECT 16

Supply on copy of prescription permitted in certain circumstances

16. Supply on copy of prescription permitted in certain circumstances



(1) Subject to subregulation (2), a pharmacist may supply a Schedule 4 poison
or a Schedule 8 poison on the copy of an original prescription if the original
prescription is required to be submitted to a public authority by any Act of a
State or Territory or the Commonwealth.

(2) A pharmacist must not supply a Schedule 4 poison or a Schedule 8 poison on
the copy of an original prescription unless the copy of the original
prescription is certified by or accompanied by a certification from-

   (a)  the pharmacist who received the original prescription but did not
        supply all of the items on that prescription; or

   (b)  a pharmacist who has previously supplied the Schedule 4 poison or
        Schedule 8 poison on that original prescription.

Penalty: 100 penalty units.