Discarding controlled medicines—Act, s 34 (1) (a)
390 Discarding controlled medicines—Act, s 34 (1) (a)
A controlled medicine must be discarded in accordance with this section.
Note See also the Drugs of Dependence Act 1989, div 11.4 about the disposal of seized substances.
A prescribed discarding witness may discard a controlled medicine in the presence of another prescribed discarding witness.
However, a person or endorsed health practitioner who is authorised to administer a controlled medicine may discard the residue of the medicine after administration in the presence of a person who is not a prescribed discarding witness if no other prescribed discarding witness is reasonably available to witness its discarding.
A person complies with this section if the person destroys the medicine so that it is unable to be used.
In this section:
prescribed discarding witness means a person prescribed under section 545 (Prescribed witnesses for discarding of controlled medicines—Act, s 54 (a) and (b)) for the discarding of a controlled medicine.
Note A medicine must not be discarded in a way that creates a risk to the health or safety of people or is likely to cause damage to property or the environment (see Act, s 34 (3)).
Chapter 9 Other medicines authorisations
Part 9.1 Authorisations for delivery people and commercial disposal operators
400 Authorisations to deliver medicines under supply authorities—Act, s 26 (1) (b), (2) (b), s 35 (1) (b), (2) (b) and s 36 (b)
This section applies to an adult (the delivery person), other than a health practitioner, at an institution, who is—
engaged to transport and deliver a medicine supplied on a supply authority; or
acting for a person mentioned in paragraph (a).
Note For health practitioners at institutions, see sch 1, pt 1.4.
The delivery person is authorised to—
obtain and possess the medicine for the purposes of transporting and delivering the medicine as engaged; and
supply the medicine to the entity named as the recipient in the supply authority or the entity’s agent.
Examples—delivery person
1 a hospital employee who is not a health practitioner
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