Medicines and Poisons (Medicines) Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 2024 (Qld)

1   Short title

This regulation may be cited as the Medicines and Poisons (Medicines) Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 2024.

2   Commencement

This regulation commences on 1 July 2024.

3   Regulation amended

This regulation amends the Medicines and Poisons (Medicines) Regulation 2021.

4   Insertion of new s 6B

After section 6A—
insert—

6B   Exemption for buying or supplying stock of national stockpile medicines—Act, s 7

(1)For section 7(1) of the Act, the activities prescribed are buying or supplying stock of a national stockpile medicine.

(2)However, each activity is prescribed only to the extent it is carried out by—

(a)a responsible government entity; or

(b)a person acting under a direction given by a responsible government entity.

(3)In this section—

Commonwealth health secretary means the secretary of the department of the Commonwealth in which the National Health Security Act 2007 (Cwlth) is administered.

national stockpile medicine means a medicine supplied in the first instance from a reserve of stock of medicines held by the Commonwealth health secretary in stockpile for a health emergency.

responsible government entity means an entity of the State or Commonwealth responsible for managing the distribution of stock of national stockpile medicines.

5   Amendment of s 236 (Matters to be considered before making particular extended practice authorities—Act, s 232)

Section 236—
insert—

(2)In this section—

unregistered medicine means a medicine that is not included in a product on the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods.

6   Amendment of sch 1 (Extended practice authorities and departmental standards)

Schedule 1, part 1, entries for Pharmacists and Pharmacists—community pharmacy scope of practice pilot—
omit, insert—

Pharmacists	6
Pharmacists—community pharmacy scope of practice pilot	2

7   Amendment of sch 7 (Nursing and midwifery professions)

(1)Schedule 7, section 3, table, items 1, 3 and 4, column 2, ‘registered’—
omit.

(2)Schedule 7, section 3, table, item 6, column 2, ‘that is a registered medicine’—
omit.

8   Amendment of sch 9 (Pharmaceutical professions)

Schedule 9, section 2, table, before the first entry—
insert—

1AA prescribe an S4 medicine, other than a restricted medicine or diversion-risk medicine, mentioned in the extended practice authority called ‘Pharmacists’ the medicine is prescribed under the extended practice authority

9   Amendment of sch 22 (Dictionary)

(1)Schedule 22, definition registered medicine—
omit.

(2)Schedule 22, definition compound, paragraph (b)(i), ‘registered medicine’—
omit, insert—

medicine that is included in a product on the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods