Authorised suppliers and authorised disposers
84 Authorised suppliers and authorised disposers
The Health Secretary may, by Gazette notice, authorise a registered health practitioner, or persons in a class of registered health practitioners, to supply prescribed substances for the purposes of this Part.
A person who is authorised under subsection (1) is an authorised supplier.
The Health Secretary may, by Gazette notice, authorise a registered health practitioner, or persons in a class of registered health practitioners, to dispose of prescribed substances for the purposes of this Part.
A person who is authorised under subsection (3) is also an authorised disposer.
The Health Secretary may, by Gazette notice, revoke an authorisation given under subsection (1) or (3).
The Health Secretary must keep a register that includes details of—
authorised suppliers, and
authorised disposers.
The register kept under subsection (6) may only be made available for inspection by a person who is—
a patient, or
a contact person or an agent of a patient, or
a coordinating practitioner, or
a consulting practitioner, or
an administering practitioner, or
a person performing functions under this Act, for the purposes of performing the functions.
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