Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

POISONS REGULATIONS 1965 - REG 51D

51D .         Drug addicts, prescribing pharmacotherapies for treatment of addiction for

        (1)         A medical practitioner may prescribe a pharmacotherapy for the treatment of the drug addiction of a person who is a drug addict if the medical practitioner —

            (a)         is an authorised prescriber; and

            (b)         is appointed as the authorised prescriber for the person; and

            (c)         does so in accordance with that appointment.

        (2)         A medical practitioner may prescribe a pharmacotherapy for the treatment of the drug addiction of a person who is a drug addict if the medical practitioner —

            (a)         is an authorised prescriber; and

            (b)         is a member of the same medical practice as the authorised prescriber appointed for the person; and

            (c)         has access to the medical records of the practice relating to the person; and

            (d)         does so in accordance with the appointment of the authorised prescriber for the person.

        (3)         A medical practitioner may prescribe a pharmacotherapy for the treatment of the drug addiction of a person who is a drug addict if the medical practitioner —

            (a)         is a co‑prescriber for the person; and

            (b)         does so in accordance with —

                  (i)         his or her appointment as a co‑prescriber; and

                  (ii)         the appointment of the authorised prescriber for the person.

        (4)         A medical practitioner may prescribe a pharmacotherapy for the treatment of the drug addiction of a person who is a drug addict if the medical practitioner —

            (a)         is a member of the same medical practice as a co‑prescriber for the person; and

            (b)         is satisfied that the co‑prescriber for the person is absent from the medical practice or is otherwise unable to prescribe a pharmacotherapy for the treatment of the drug addiction of the person; and

            (c)         has access to the medical records of the practice relating to the person; and

            (d)         does so in accordance with —

                  (i)         the appointment of the co‑prescriber for the person; and

                  (ii)         the appointment of the authorised prescriber for the person.

        (5)         A prescription for the supply of a pharmacotherapy —

            (a)         under subregulation (3) — may not cover a period of more than 3 months; or

            (b)         under subregulation (4) — may not cover a period of more than one month.

        [Regulation 51D inserted in Gazette 21 Apr 2009 p. 1362‑3.]