Poisons (Prescribed Periods) Order 2009
I make the following order under section 59A of the Poisons Act 1971 .
22 July 2009LARA GIDDINGS
Minister for Health
This order may be cited as the Poisons (Prescribed Periods) Order 2009 .
This order takes effect on the day on which the Poisons Amendment Act 2009 commences.
(1) The Acts Interpretation Act 1931 applies to the interpretation of this order as if this order were by-laws.(2) A reference in these regulations to a substance by name followed, in parentheses, by a capital letter "S" and a number is a reference to that substance when included in the correspondingly numbered Schedule to the Poisons List.(3) Unless the contrary intention appears, a reference to a substance specified in this order includes –(a) that substance prepared from natural sources or artificially; and(b) where the substance is a plant (other than a plant included in Schedule 8 or 9 to the Poisons List or a prohibited plant), that plant, or any part of it, when packed or prepared for therapeutic use; and(c) any salt, active principal or derivative of the substance, including esters and ethers and any salt of the active principal or derivative; and(d) any alkaloid of the substance and any salt of the alkaloid; and(e) any stereo-isomer of the substance and any salt of the stereo-isomer; and(f) any recombinant form of the substance; and(g) a preparation or admixture containing any proportion of the substance –but does not include –(h) a preparation or product included in Appendix A to the Uniform Standard; or(i) a substance included in Appendix G to the Uniform Standard at a concentration not exceeding the concentration specified in column 2 of that Appendix in respect of that substance; or(j) any other substance included in Schedules 1 to 6 , inclusive, to the Poisons List at a concentration not exceeding 10mg per litre or 10mg per kilogram, unless that substance is also included in Schedule 7 or 8 to that List.(4) Unless the contrary intention appears, where a concentration, strength or quantity is specified in the Poisons List in respect of a substance –(a) if the substance is present as a salt, active principal or derivative (including an ester or ether), the concentration, strength or quantity is calculated as the equivalent amount of the substance that is listed in the Poisons List; and(b) the expression "1%" means –and any expression of a greater or lesser percentage has a corresponding meaning; and(i) in the case of a liquid preparation, one gram of the substance per 100 millilitres of the preparation; or(ii) in the case of a solid or semi-solid preparation, one gram of the substance per 100 grams of the preparation –(c) in the case of codeine, such concentration, strength or quantity is calculated as anhydrous codeine.(5) In this clause –Uniform Standard means the Standard for the Uniform Scheduling of Drugs and Poisons, of the Commonwealth, published by the Australian Government under the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 of the Commonwealth, as amended from time to time.
The maximum period for which a substance listed in column 1 of the table set out in this clause may be made available for continuous use by a person, without an authority given under section 59E of the Poisons Act 1971 , is the corresponding period set out in column 2 of that table.[Clause 4 Amended by S.R. 2014, No. 39, Applied:19 Feb 2014]
Substance
Prescribed period (Days)
Narcotic substances
1.
Opioid substances listed in Schedule 1 to this order.
60
2.
Alfentanyl.
0
3.
Amphetamine.
0
4.
Carfentanyl.
0
5.
Dexamphetamine.
0
6.
Dextromoramide.
0
7.
Fentanyl in patches for transdermal delivery, except in the case of a patient with cancer.
0
8.
Fentanyl in patches for transdermal delivery in the case of a patient with cancer.
60
9.
Fentanyl lozenges, except in the case of a patient with cancer.
0
10.
Fentanyl lozenges in the case of a patient with cancer.
60
11.
Hydromorphone.
0
12.
Ketamine.
0
12A.
Lisdexamfetamine
0
13.
Methylamphetamine.
0
14.
Methylphenidate.
0
14A.
Nabiximols
0
15.
Phenmetrazine.
0
Specified substances
16.
Alprazolam when prescribed with an opioid substance specified in Schedule 1 to this order.
30
SCHEDULE 1 - Opioid substances
1. Acetyldihydrocodeine.
2. Acetylmethadol.
3. Acetylmorphines.
4. Alfentanil.
5. Alphacetylmethadol.
6. Alphaprodine.
7. Anileridine.
8. Benzylmorphine.
9. Bezitramide.
10. Buprenorphine.
11. Butorphanol.
12. Carfentanyl.
13. Codeine except when included in Schedule 2, 3 or 4 to the Poisons List.
14. Codeine-N-oxide.
15. Dextromoramide.
16. Difenoxin except when included in Schedule 4 to the Poisons List.
17. Dihydrocodeine except when included in Schedule 2, 3 or 4 to the Poisons List.
18. Dihydromorphine.
19. Diphenoxylate except when included in Schedule 3 or 4 to the Poisons List.
20. Dipipanone.
21. Drotebanol.
22. Ethylmorphine except when included in Schedule 2 or 4 to the Poisons List.
23. Hydrocodone.
24. Hydromorphinol.
25. Hydromorphone.
26. Levomoramide.
27. Levorphanol (excluding its stereo-isomers).
28. Methadone.
29. Methyldihydromorphine.
30. Morphine.
31. Morphine methobromide.
32. Morphine-N-oxide.
33. Norcodeine.
34. Normethadone.
35. Opium except the alkaloids –(a) noscapine when included in Schedule 2 to the Poisons List; and(b) papaverine when included in Schedule 2 or 4 to the Poisons List.
36. Oxycodone.
37. Oxymorphone.
38. Pentazocine.
39. Pethidine.
40. Phenoperidine.
41. Pholcodine except when included in Schedule 2 or 4 to the Poisons List.
42. Piritramide.
43. Propiram.
44. Racemoramide.
45. Remifentanil.
46. Secbutobarbitone.
47. Sufentanil.
48. Thebacon.
49. Thebaine.
50. Tilidine.
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 5 August 2009
This order is administered in the Department of Health and Human Services.