Victorian Numbered Acts

DRUGS, POISONS AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES AMENDMENT (REAL-TIME PRESCRIPTION MONITORING) ACT 2017 (NO. 50 OF 2017) - SECT 7

After section 32 of the Principal Act insert —

        " 32A     Required notification to Secretary—drugs of dependence and Schedule 4, Schedule 8 and Schedule 9 poisons

    (1)     A registered medical practitioner, a nurse practitioner or a pharmacist must notify the Secretary as soon as practicable of a reportable drug event.

Penalty:     100 penalty units.

    (2)     For the purposes of subsection (1), a reportable drug event is one or more of the following—

        (a)     for a pharmacist, being requested or directed to sell, supply or dispense any drug of dependence, Schedule 8 poison, Schedule 9 poison or Schedule 4 poison for any person—

              (i)     in greater quantities than appears to be reasonably necessary; or

              (ii)     more frequently than appears to be reasonably necessary;

        (b)     for a registered medical practitioner, having reason to believe that the practitioner's
patient is a drug-dependent person in circumstances where—

              (i)     the patient requests or seeks prescription of a Schedule 9 poison; or

              (ii)     the registered medical practitioner intends to treat or is treating the patient with a Schedule 9 poison;

        (c)     any other event, or class of event, which the Secretary declares, under subsection (3), is a reportable drug event.

    (3)     For the purposes of this section, the Secretary, by notice published in the Government Gazette, may declare an event, or a class of event (including any event that occurs outside Victoria), to be a reportable drug event.".