We are responsible for administration of the NSW Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 1966 and the Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Regulation 2008.
Prescribers must comply with provisions of the Poisons and Therapeutic Goods legislation when prescribing, administering, supplying and disposing scheduled medicines and poisons.
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Legislative requirements for pharmacists, including the supply of Schedule 8 drugs under the NSW Opioid Treatment Program, dispensing of prescriptions for psychostimulants and initiation and administration of vaccines.
SafeScript NSW is available to prescribers and pharmacists and gives real-time information about a patient's prescription history for certain high-risk medicines such as opioids and benzodiazepines. It supports clinical decision making and patient safety.
Information on medication handling, procurement, storage, prescribing, supplying, dispensing and administration within the NSW hospital system.
Requirements for prescribing, dispensing and recording of scheduled substances at residential aged care facilities under the Poisons and Therapeutic Goods legislation.
Apply for or renew a licence to supply by wholesale scheduled substances, or apply for an authority to obtain or supply a scheduled substance.
Requirements for prescribing, supplying and dispensing cannabis medicines including manufacture, wholesale supply and storage.
Other health practitioners authorised to be in possession of S4, S4D or S8 substances may include dentists, nurses, nurse practitioners, ambulance officers, veterinary practitioners, pharmaceutical wholesalers and pharmaceutical manufacturing licence holders, and people in charge of a research or analysis laboratory.
The loss or theft of aS8 or S4 medicine must immediately be notified to the Secretary of NSW Health. You can also report lost, stolen or forged prescription stationery or prescriptions and help reduce trafficking of drugs of abuse.
Information on the regulation of medicines, approval requirements for certain medicines, what to do with lost, stolen and return of medicines, travelling with medicines, and where to make complaints.
