Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 31 March 2020
These regulations are administered in the Department of Health.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the regulation)
These regulations amend the Poisons Regulations 2018 by (a) providing for supply of restricted substances by pharmacists without a prescription in certain circumstances; and(b) providing for naloxone to be possessed, supplied and administered in certain circumstances by needle and syringe program providers; and(c) including lisdexamphetamine as a specified narcotic substance that is able to be administered, or made available for self-administration by, disability service workers; and(d) providing that instructions to supply certain substances are only to be issued by medical practitioners; and(e) providing that pharmacists with provisional registration are able to administer vaccines; and(f) updating the requirements for prescriptions issued on a medication chart; and(g) updating terminology relating to immunisation programs; and(h) including an offence relating to the seizure of ice pipes in the list of infringement notice offences.