New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

POISONS AND THERAPEUTIC GOODS REGULATION 2008 - REG 174G

174G Use and disclosure of information by Secretary

Information in the database may be used or disclosed by the Secretary for the purposes of--

(a) operating, maintaining or improving the database, and

(b) monitoring the prescribing and supply of monitored medicines--

(i) by individual prescribers and pharmacists, or

(ii) on a more general, including State-wide, basis, and

(b1) regulating the prescribing, supply and administration of substances that require an authority under the Act or this regulation--

(i) by persons administering, supplying, or issuing a prescription, or

(ii) on a more general, including State-wide, basis, and

(c) providing that information, whether directly or via a data source entity, to another State or Territory for inclusion in a database established under a law of that State or Territory and serving substantially the same purpose as the database, and

(d) providing information to a regulatory authority where that information is reasonably required by the authority for the purpose of regulating--

(i) the prescribing, supply or use of monitored medicines, and

(ii) the prescribing, supply or administration of substances that require an authority under the Act or this regulation, and

(e) providing information to a data source entity for purposes connected to--

(i) monitoring the prescribing or supply of monitored medicines, and

(ii) managing applications and issuing authorities required for substances that require an authority under the Act or this regulation, and

(f) for any other lawful purpose.