Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
PART 1 -- Preliminary
1. Citation
2. Terms used
2AA. Prescribed office (section 64B)
2A. Exemptions
PART 2 -- Licences and permits
Division 1 -- General
3. Wholesaler’s licences and permits
5. Pharmaceutical chemist’s licence to sell poisons
7. Retailer’s licence to sell poisons specified in Schedule 2 to the Act
8. Retailer’s licence to sell poisons included in Schedule 7 to the Act
8A. Poisons permit (distribution of samples)
9. Poisons permit (industrial)
10. Poisons permit (educational, advisory or research)
10AA. Poisons permit (health services)
10A. Poisons permit (departmental and hospital)
10B. Licence to cultivate prohibited plants
11. CEO may designate remote area nursing posts
11A. CEO may designate areas for the purposes of section 23 of the Act
12. Application for licence or permit (sections 24 and 25)
Division 2 -- Needle and syringe programme
12A. Approval of needle and syringe programme
12B. Copy of approval to be provided
12C. Duties of coordinator
12D. Requirements relating to programme
12E. Direction to person not to participate in programme
12F. Requirements relating to used hypodermic needles and syringes
Division 3 -- Restrictions and obligations
15. Restriction to issue of licence or permit
16. Sale of poison only by licensee
17. Licence or permit not transferable
18. Licensee to display licence
PART 3 -- Containers and labels
Division 1 -- Containers
19. Adoption of SUSDP for containers and labels
19AA. Certain containers prohibited
19A. Food etc. containers to be distinguishable from poison containers
Division 2 -- Labels
21. Labels on medicines or preparations
21A. Appendix K container must have appropriate label
24A. Carcinogenicity and teratogenicity warnings to be approved
Division 3 -- General
25. CEO may approve container or label
26. CEO may suspend use of container or label
PART 4 -- Storage, disposal and loss or theft of poisons
30. Storage of substances other than those specified in regulation 56
31. Disposal of poisons
32. Notification of loss or theft of poison
PART 4A -- Electronic prescribing systems
32A. Terms used
32B. Approval of electronic prescribing systems
32C. System administrators
32D. Offence provisions
32E. Miscellaneous rules
PART 5 -- Sale, supply and use of poisons
Division 1 -- Restrictions
33. Poison not to be sold to persons under 16 years
33A. Restrictions applying to veterinary preparations
33B. Adoption of SUSDP for certain paints
35. Restrictions on retail sale of substances included in Schedule 2
35A. Restrictions on retail sale of substances included in Schedule 3
35B. Storage of substances included in Schedule 3
35C. Advertising of substances included in Schedule 3
35D. Advertising of substances included in Schedule 4
Division 2 -- Schedule 4 poisons
36. Supply of poisons included in Schedule 4
36AA. Provision of approved starter packs by registered nurses
36AAB. Provision of psychiatric emergency packs by certain registered nurses
36A. Storage of substances included in Schedule 4
36B. Record of supply or administration of substances included in Schedule 4
37A. H1N1 Pandemic Influenza Vaccine -- exemption from specified provisions of the Act
37. Conditions for prescription of a poison included in Schedule 4
38. Dispensing poisons included in Schedule 4 in emergency cases
38AA. Administration of poisons included in Schedule 4 in hospital
38C. Clomiphene and cyclofenil
38D. Etretinate or acitretin
38E. Prostaglandins
38F. Isotretinoin
38G. Thalidomide for human use
38H. Chloramphenicol
38I. Follicular stimulating hormone and luteinising hormone
38K. Carnidazole
38L. Oxolinic acid
38M. Clozapine
38N. Nitrofuran derivatives
38O. Bosentan for human use
38P. Teriparatide for human use
39. Veterinary use of poisons included in Schedule 4
39A. Stockfeed manufacturers may sell poisons included in Schedule 4
39BA. Use of poisons included in Schedule 4 on certificated commercial vessels
39BB. Use of poisons included in Schedule 4 on racing yachts
39B. Use of poisons included in Schedule 4 on ships and aircraft
39C. Use of poisons included in Schedule 4 on ships carrying livestock
40. Special authority to purchase poisons included in Schedule 4
40A. Delivery of a poison included in Schedule 4 on order
Division 3 -- General
41. Revocation notice in relation to poisons included in Schedule 6
41A. Sale of poisons included in Schedule 7
41AA. Standard for intramammary antibiotic preparations
41AB. Camphor and naphthalene
41B. Record of poisons included in Schedule 3, 4 or
41C. Access to poisons included in Schedule 7
41D. Emergency supply of adrenaline in schools and child care centres
PART 6 -- Drugs of addiction
Division 1 -- General
42A. Interpretation
42. Authority for prescribed persons to procure and have poisons included in Schedule 8
43. Authority for pharmacists to retail, compound and dispense poisons included in Schedule 8
43A. Revocation notice in relation to poisons included in Schedule 8 and specified drugs
43B. Prescribed purposes (section 41(1))
43C. Advertising of substances included in Schedule 8
44. Register of drugs of addiction
44A. Destruction of drugs of addiction and poisons included in Schedule 8
44B. Form of registers
44C. Control of access to electronic registers
45. Inventory of drugs of addiction
47. Records to be retained for 7 years and available on demand
48. Returns from manufacturers and wholesalers
49A. Use of poisons included in Schedule 8 on certificated commercial vessels
49B. Use of poisons included in Schedule 8 on racing yachts
49. Use of poisons included in Schedule 8 on ships and aircraft
50. Used poisons included in Schedule 8 at hospitals
Division 2 -- Supply and prescription
Subdivision 1 -- Prescriptions generally
51. Prescriptions
Subdivision 2 -- Supply and prescription to drug addicts
51A. Terms used
51AA. Disclosure by drug addict to medical practitioner
51B. Prescription and supply in accordance with this Subdivision -- general provision
51BA. Prescribing drugs of addiction for drug addicts other than for the treatment of drug addiction
51C. Designation of authorised prescribers and specialist prescribers
51CA. Appointment of medical practitioner as authorised prescriber for a drug addict
51CB. Appointment of co-prescriber for a drug addict
51CC. Designations, authorisations and appointments -- general rules
51D. Prescribing pharmacotherapies for the treatment of the drug addiction of a drug addict -- general rules
51DA. Prescribing pharmacotherapies for the treatment of the drug addiction of a drug addict -- in a hospital
51DB. Prescribing pharmacotherapies for the treatment of the drug addiction of a drug addict -- in custody
51DC. Prescribing pharmacotherapies for the treatment of the drug addiction of a drug addict -- interim prescriptions
51E. Dispensing drugs of addiction from a pharmacy
51EA. Dispensing pharmacotherapies from a pharmacy
Subdivision 2A -- Supply and prescription of Schedule 8 poisons to persons other than drug addicts
51F. Treatment not to exceed 60 days unless authorised by CEO
Subdivision 3 -- Supply and prescription of stimulants
51FA. Terms used
51FB. Who may supply or prescribe a stimulant
51FC. Stimulant Prescribing Code
51FD. CEO may order treatment to be terminated or varied
51FE. CEO to be notified of supply or prescription
51FF. Current prescriber and current clinic
51FG. Authorisation of practitioners
51FH. Co-prescribers
51FJ. Approval of public sector clinics
51FK. Change of manager
Subdivision 4 -- Supply and prescription of other poisons
51GA. Supply of dronabinol
51GB. Supply of flunitrazepam
51H. Dentists not to prescribe or supply certain drugs of addiction
Division 3 -- Dispensing and delivery
52. Dispensing drugs of addiction
52A. Movement of drugs of addiction in other circumstances
52B. Manner of recording details
52C. Returns to department
53. Dispensing poisons included in Schedule 8 in case of emergency
53A. Dispensing certain poisons included in Schedule 8
54. Delivery of poisons included in Schedule 8 on order
54A. Packaging of drugs of addiction
55. Common carrier protected
Division 4 -- Safe custody
56. Storing and securing drugs of addiction
56A. Prescribed amount of poisons included in Schedule 8
56B. Location of safe in premises
56C. Authorised persons to keep keys to safes
56D. Safes to be kept locked
56E. Pharmacist present on premises
56F. Keys to, and locking of, poisons cupboards and lockable drawers
56G. Poisons included in Schedule 8 in hospital ward
56H. Keys to, and locking of, cupboards in hospital wards
Division 5 -- Restrictions on supply
57. Labelling
58. Improper prescribing or use of drugs of addiction
PART 7 -- Miscellaneous provisions
59. Names of persons from whom licence or authority withdrawn to be published
64. Substitution of one brand of a drug for another
65. Form of warrant (section 55A)
PART 8 -- Transitional provisions
Division 1 -- Transitional provisions relating to the Poisons Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2009
66. Terms used
67. Authorisation to prescribe drugs of addiction
68. Authorisation to prescribe pharmacotherapies
69. Prescriptions
70. Dispensing drugs of addiction from a pharmacy
Appendix A
Appendix G
Appendix H -- Schedule 4 substances referred to in regulation 39(1)
Appendix J -- Schedule 3 poison sales to be recorded
Appendix K -- Criteria for electronic prescribing systems
Appendix L -- Specified criteria for the generation of prescriptions by computer
Appendix M -- Safes and additional security for storing drugs of addiction
Compilation table
[Reprinted under the Reprints Act 1984 as at 13 November 2009 Poisons Regulations 1965 [Heading inserted in Gazette 12 Aug 2003 p. 3664.] [Heading deleted in Gazette 12 Aug 2003 p. 3663.]]