Western Australian Consolidated Acts

HEALTH PROFESSIONALS (SPECIAL EVENTS EXEMPTION) ACT 2000 - SECT 9

9 .         Issue of prescriptions and supply of certain substances authorised

        (1)         A visiting health professional may issue a written prescription for a restricted substance or a drug of addiction only if authorised to do so by an order under section 6.

        (2)         The Minister may, by an order under section 6 — 

            (a)         authorise a visiting health professional or a class of visiting health professionals to issue written prescriptions for a restricted substance or drug of addiction, or restricted substances or drugs of addiction of a class specified in the order, in the course of providing health care services in accordance with this Act;

            (b)         authorise any person or class of persons to sell or supply a restricted substance or drug of addiction on such a prescription, but only if the person or class of persons is licensed or otherwise authorised under the Poisons Act 1964 to sell or supply the substance on prescription;

            (c)         authorise a visiting health professional, all visiting health professionals or a class of visiting health professionals to be sold any substance by wholesale; and

            (d)         authorise any person or class of persons to sell any substance by wholesale to any visiting health professional authorised as referred to in paragraph (c), but only if the person or class of persons is licensed or otherwise authorised under the Poisons Act 1964 to sell the substance by wholesale to a medical practitioner.

        (3)         The Minister is not to make an order containing an authorisation referred to in subsection (2) unless the Minister is satisfied that adequate arrangements are in place to ensure that the substances concerned will only be prescribed for, sold or supplied to, and used by, persons to whom visiting health professionals are authorised to provide health care services under this Act.

        (4)         The Minister is not to make an order containing an authorisation referred to in subsection (2)(a) in respect of a visiting health professional or class of visiting health professionals unless registered health professionals of the like profession in this State may lawfully issue written prescriptions for the restricted substance or drug of addiction of the type or class specified in the order.

        (5)         An order under section 6 may impose conditions on any authorisation referred to in this section that is conferred by the order.