Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) In this
Subdivision —
authorised prescriber means a medical practitioner
who is designated by the CEO as an authorised prescriber under
regulation 51C(1);
drug addict means a person who —
(a) is
under a state of periodic or chronic intoxication produced by consumption of a
drug of addiction or any substitute; or
(b) is
under a desire or craving to take a drug of addiction or any substitute until
he or she has so satisfied that desire or craving; or
(c) is
under a psychic or physical dependence to take a drug of addiction or any
substitute; or
(d) is
listed in the register of information kept under the Drugs of Addiction
Notification Regulations 1980 ;
pharmacotherapy means methadone or buprenorphine,
or the salts of those substances, and any preparation or admixture containing
those substances, or the salts of those substances;
Policies Manual means the “Clinical policies
and procedures for the use of methadone and buprenorphine in the treatment of
opioid dependence”, published by the Drug and Alcohol Office Western
Australia from time to time;
specialist prescriber means an authorised
prescriber who is designated by the CEO as a specialist prescriber under
regulation 51C(2).
(2) In this
Subdivision, a reference to prescribing a drug of addiction or a
pharmacotherapy is a reference to writing, issuing or authorising a
prescription or document prescribing the use, sale or supply of the drug of
addiction or pharmacotherapy.
[Regulation 51A inserted in Gazette
21 Apr 2009 p. 1359‑60; amended in Gazette
1 Oct 2010 p. 5079.]