Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

POISONS REGULATIONS 1965 - REG 53A

53A .         Dispensing prescriptions for Sch. 8 poisons

        (1)         A person shall not dispense a prescription for or supply upon a prescription any poison included in Schedule 8 unless —

            (a)         the prescription is issued electronically via an approved electronic prescribing system; or

            (b)         if the prescription is not issued electronically —

                  (i)         he or she is familiar with the prescriber’s handwriting; or

                  (ii)         he or she has verified with the purported prescriber that the prescription was issued by him or her.

        (2)         Where a person cannot comply with subregulation (1), for good cause, he or she may dispense the prescription for, or supply upon the prescription, a quantity of the poison included in Schedule 8 sufficient to enable treatment at the rate prescribed for no more than 2 days.

        [Regulation 53A inserted in Gazette 23 Sep 1983 p. 3806; amended in Gazette 19 Mar 1996 p. 1232; 26 May 1998 p. 2967; 16 Nov 2001 p. 5985; 13 Aug 2002 p. 4181; 12 Aug 2003 p. 3663; 7 Nov 2008 p. 4817‑18; 5 Mar 2010 p. 847.]

[Heading deleted in Gazette 12 Aug 2003 p. 3663.]