Guides for medical practitioners

​Legislative requirements for handling drugs, including the prescribing and supply of drugs of addiction and restricted substances

• Criteria for Issuing Non-Handwritten (Computer Generated) Prescriptions (TG184)
• Drugs of Addiction (Schedule 8)
• Guide to Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Legislation for Medical, Nurse and Midwife Practitioners and Dentists (TG12)
• NSW Legal Requirements for an Authority to Prescribe Drugs of Addiction
• Schedule 4 Appendix D Drugs ("Prescribed restricted substances")

Other guides

• New South Wales Opioid Treatment Program: Clinical Guidelines for Methado​ne and Buprenorphine Treatment of Opioid Dependence
  

• ​Please note t​he following regulatory guidelines have been rescinded:

  • Criteria for the Management of Medication for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Children and Adolescents (TG181).
    
  • Criteria for the Management of Medication for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Adults (TG190).
    
  Refer to Prescribe a psychostimulant medication for more information.