Permit issued under section 19 of the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981
49 Permit issued under section 19 of the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981
The proprietor of a health service establishment must hold a permit issued under section 19 of the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981 by which the proprietor is authorised under section 20(3) of that Act to purchase or otherwise obtain certain poisons or controlled substances for the provision of health services.
Subregulation (1) does not apply to the following—
a proprietor of a health service establishment at or from which the health services provided do not usually require the purchase or otherwise obtaining of any poisons or controlled substances, other than a patient's own medicine, for the provision of those health services;
Example
Drug and alcohol withdrawal treatment services and dialysis services.
a proprietor of a health service establishment—
that provides health services solely at premises other than the premises for which it is registered; and
Note
An example of a health service establishment that provides health services solely at premises other than the premises for which it is registered is the provider of mobile anaesthetic services at a dental clinic.
where at those other premises only one registered health practitioner (other than the additional nursing staff required under regulation 35 or one or more additional registered midwives) provides the health services.
In this regulation, patient's own medicine means a poison or controlled substance that has been supplied to a patient by a registered health practitioner other than—
the proprietor of the health service establishment; or
a registered health practitioner employed by or contracted to provide health services prescribed under Part 2 for or at the health service establishment.
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