Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Where a medical
practitioner, nurse practitioner, dentist, endorsed optometrist or veterinary
surgeon in a case of emergency orally or by telephone or other electronic
means directs the dispensing of a poison included in Schedule 4, he shall
forthwith write a prescription complying with the conditions prescribed in
regulation 37, mark such prescription to show that it has been given as a
confirmation of instructions given by him orally or by telephone or other
electronic means, and despatch such prescription within 24 hours to the
person to whom the instructions were given.
[Regulation 38 amended in Gazette
19 Mar 1996 p. 1222; 19 Nov 2010 p. 5714;
amended by Act No. 9 of 2003 s. 46.]
[Heading deleted in Gazette 12 Aug 2003 p. 3663.]