Poisons Act 1971

Subject to subsection (2), before a dispenser dispenses a monitored medicine on and in accordance with a prescription to a person, the dispenser must take all reasonable steps to check the monitored medicines database for information in relation to the person. Fine not exceeding 10 penalty units.

Subject to subsection (2), before a dispenser dispenses a monitored medicine for the use of a person who ordinarily resides in another State or a Territory, on and in accordance with a prescription written or issued by an interstate prescriber, the dispenser must take all reasonable steps to check the relevant interstate database for information in relation to that person. Fine not exceeding 10 penalty units.

The regulations may prescribe circumstances in which a dispenser need not comply with subsection (1) or (1A).

In this section – relevant interstate database, in relation to a prescription, means the database established under the law of the State or Territory in which the person to whom the prescription relates ordinarily resides, for the purpose of recording information about the supply and prescription of monitored medicines in that State or Territory.