Northern Territory Numbered Acts

MEDICINES, POISONS AND THERAPEUTIC GOODS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2022 (NO 25 OF 2022) - SECT 17

Sections 71 and 72

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71     Supplying Schedule 3 substances

    (1)     Subject to subsection (4), a health practitioner may, in the course of practising in the practitioner's health profession, supply a Schedule 3 substance to another person (the recipient ).

    (2)     A health practitioner who supplies a Schedule 3 substance under subsection (1) must, at the time of the supply, give the recipient adequate instructions (written or oral) for the administration of the substance.

    (3)     The health practitioner must give the instructions to the recipient under subsection (2) even if the Schedule 3 substance that is supplied is to be used by a person other than the recipient.

    (4)     Subsection (1) does not authorise the sale by retail of a Schedule 3 substance by a health practitioner other than a pharmacist.

72     Administering Schedule 3 substances

A health practitioner may, in the course of practising in the practitioner's health profession, administer a Schedule 3 substance to another person.