Health (Drugs and Poisons) Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2009 (Qld)

Queensland Health (Drugs and Poisons) Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2009 Subordinate Legislation 2009 No. 293 made under the HealthAct1937 Contents Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4 Amendment of s 277 (Sale of S3 poisons). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 5 Amendment of s 285A (Record of sale of S3 pseudoephedrine) . 2 6 Omission of ch 5, pt 1A (Optometrists Drug Authority Committee) .................................. 3 7 Insertion of new ch 5, pt 2, div 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Division 4 Transitional provisions for Health (Drugs and Poisons) Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2009 314 Definitions for div 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 315 Dissolution of committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 8 Amendment of appendix 9 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Health (Drugs and Poisons) Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2009 [s 1] 1 Short title This regulation may be cited as the Health (Drugs and Poisons) Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2009 . 2 Commencement Section 5 commences on 31 March 2010. 3 Regulation amended This regulation amends the Health(DrugsandPoisons)Regulation 1996. 4 Amendment of s 277 (Sale of S3 poisons) Section 277(8)— omit. 5 Amendment of s 285A (Record of sale of S3 pseudoephedrine) (1) Section 285A(1), after ‘record’— insert — ‘(a pseudoephedrine sales record )’ (2) Section 285A(1)(d), from ‘a document’ to ‘given.’— omit, insert— ‘an acceptable form of identification— (i) the type of document given; and (ii) the unique number assigned to the document by the entity that issued the document.’. (3) Section 285A(2)— omit, insert— ‘(2) The pseudoephedrine sales record must be kept as an electronic record that is accessible on-line by both the chief executive and the commissioner of police.’. Page 2 2009 SL No. 293

Health (Drugs and Poisons) Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2009 [s 6] (4) Section 285A(3), before ‘record’— insert— ‘pseudoephedrine sales’. 6 Omission of ch 5, pt 1A (Optometrists Drug Authority Committee) Chapter 5, part 1A— omit. 7 Insertion of new ch 5, pt 2, div 4 Chapter 5, part 2— insert— ‘Division 4 Transitional provisions for Health (Drugs and Poisons) Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2009 ‘314 Definitions for div 4 ‘In this division— commencement means commencement of this section. committee means the Optometrists Drug Authority Committee established under the pre-amended regulation, section 308A. pre-amended regulation means this regulation as in force immediately before the commencement. ‘315 Dissolution of committee ‘(1) On the commencement— (a) the committee is dissolved; and (b) the members of the committee go out of office. ‘(2) No compensation is payable to a member because of subsection (1).’. 2009 SL No. 293 Page 3

Health (Drugs and Poisons) Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2009 [s 8] 8 Amendment of appendix 9 (Dictionary) (1) Appendix 9, definitions appointed member , drug authority committee and ocular therapeutics protocol — omit. (2) Appendix 9— insert — ‘ acceptable form of identification , for a purchaser, means a document that— (a) is issued to the purchaser by— (i) the Commonwealth or a State; or (ii) an entity of the Commonwealth or a State; and (b) shows a photograph of the purchaser. ocular therapeutics protocol means a document certified by the chief executive and published by the department stating— (a) the circumstances in which, and conditions under which, an optometrist may administer, supply or prescribe a restricted drug; and (b) the qualifications that an optometrist must attain before doing a thing mentioned in paragraph (a).’. ENDNOTES 1 Made by the Governor in Council on 9 December 2009. 2 Notified in the gazette on 11 December 2009. 3 Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4 The administering agency is the Department of Health. © State of Queensland 2009 Page 4 2009 SL No. 293