Poisons Amendment Regulation (No. 4) 1994 (Qld)

Queensland Subordinate Legislation 1994 No. 405 Health Act 1937 POISONS AMENDMENT REGULATION (No. 4) 1994 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4 Insertion of new s H3.04 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 H3.04 Dispensing drugs to which pharmaceutical benefits scheme applies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

s1 2 s4 Poisons Amendment (No. 4) No. 405, 1994 ˙ Short title 1. This regulation may be cited as the Poisons Amendment Regulation (No. 4) 1994 . ˙ Commencement 2. This regulation commences on 1 December 1994. ˙ Regulation amended 3. This regulation amends the Poisons Regulation 1973 . ˙ Insertion of new s H3.04 4. After section H3.03— insert— ˙ ‘ Dispensing drugs to which pharmaceutical benefits scheme applies ‘ H3.04(1) This section applies if a dangerous or restricted drug is specified in a prescription by a brand name (the “specified drug” ) and the drug is also available under another brand name (the “substitute drug” ). ‘ (2) Despite section H3.02(f), a person dispensing the dangerous or restricted drug may dispense the substitute drug if— (a) the specified drug and the substitute drug are both drugs to which a pharmaceutical benefit applies under the Commonwealth Act; and (b) the person who prescribed the specified drug did not indicate on the prescription that only the specified drug was to be supplied; and (c) the Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits issued by the Commonwealth department within which the Commonwealth Act is administered states that the specified drug and the substitute drug are equivalent; and

s4 3 s4 Poisons Amendment (No. 4) No. 405, 1994 (d) a determination is in force under section 85(6) of the Commonwealth Act 1 for the substitute drug; and (e) it is lawful to dispense the substitute drug on prescription. ‘ (3) In this section— “Commonwealth Act” means the National Health Act 1953 (Cwlth).’. ENDNOTES 1. Made by the Governor in Council on 24 November 1994. 2. Notified in the Gazette on 25 November 1994. 3. Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4. The administering agency is the Department of Health. © State of Queensland 1994 1 section 85 (Pharmaceutical benefits).