Victorian Numbered Acts

DRUGS, POISONS AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES AMENDMENT (REAL-TIME PRESCRIPTION MONITORING) ACT 2017 (NO. 50 OF 2017) - SECT 9

For section 34D of the Principal Act substitute —

        " 34D     Exception to Schedule 8 permit requirement—specified circumstances

Despite section 34C(1), a registered medical practitioner or a nurse practitioner is authorised to administer, supply or prescribe a Schedule 8 poison to or for a person who is not a drug-dependent person during a continuous period greater than 8 weeks without a Schedule 8 permit if the administration, supply or prescription of that Schedule 8 poison is to treat that person in the circumstances specified by the Secretary in accordance with section 35A.".