Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Actsadminister, a substance, means give a person a single treatment dose of the substance.
controlled drug has the meaning given in the Health (Drugs and Poisons) Regulation 1996.
Editor's note—
Health (Drugs and Poisons) Regulation 1996, appendix 9—
controlled drug means an S8 substance.
dispense means sell or offer to sell on prescription.
dispenser means a person who, under the Health (Drugs and Poisons) Regulation 1996, may dispense a restricted or controlled drug.
exemption period see section 6(3).
health care services means services ordinarily provided by chiropractors, dental prosthetists, dental technicians, dentists, medical practitioners, medical radiation technologists, nurses, occupational therapists, optometrists, osteopaths, pharmacists, physiotherapists, podiatrists, psychologists and speech pathologists.
health registration Act means any 1 of the following—
* Dental Technicians Registration Act 2001
* Health Practitioner Regulation National Law
* Medical Radiation Technologists Registration Act 2001
* Occupational Therapists Registration Act 2001
* Speech Pathologists Registration Act 2001.
local health practitioner means a person registered under a health registration Act.
possess, a substance, includes—
(a) have custody or control of the substance; or
(b) have an ability or right to obtain custody or control of the substance.
prepare includes the following—
(a) train;
(b) practise;
(c) rehearse;
(d) acclimatise.
prescription means a written direction authorising a dispenser to dispense a stated restricted or controlled drug.
restricted drug has the meaning given in the Health (Drugs and Poisons) Regulation 1996.
Editor's note—
Health (Drugs and Poisons) Regulation 1996, appendix 9—
restricted drug means—
(a) an S4 substance other than solasodine; or
(b) alkaloids and alkaloidal glycosides of plants of the genus solanum for human therapeutic use.
S2 substance or S3 substance means a substance classified S2 or S3 under the Health (Drugs and Poisons) Regulation 1996.
Editor's note—
Health (Drugs and Poisons) Regulation 1996, section 5, the expression S2, S3, S4, S5, S6, S7, S8 or S9 means—
(a) if followed by a controlled drug, restricted drug or a poison—the drug or poison in the schedule to the standard with the number given in the expression; or
(b) if followed by 'poison' or 'substance' without naming a poison or substance—any poison in the schedule to the standard with the number given in the expression.
Examples—
1 If a provision mentions 'S2 fluorides', it means fluorides in schedule 2 to the standard, i.e., fluorides in preparations for topical human therapeutic use.
2 If a provision mentions 'S3 fluorides', it means fluorides in schedule 3 to the standard, i.e., fluorides in dentifrices containing more than 1000mg/kg of fluoride ion. Fluorides may also be included in other schedules, for example as S4, S5 or S6 poisons.
3 If a provision mentions 'S7 poison', it means any poison in schedule 7 to the standard.
special event means an event declared to be a special event under section 6(1).
special event notice see section 7(1).
supply includes—
(a) distribute, give or sell; and
(b) offer or agree to distribute, give or sell; and
(c) cause or permit to be distributed, given or sold; and
(d) attempt to supply or do an act mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (c).
visiting health practitioner see section 4.
visitor see section 5.
wholesaler, in relation to the supply of an S2 or S3 substance, means a person who, under the Health (Drugs and Poisons) Regulation 1996, is licensed to supply the substance by wholesale.