All eyes are on drugs of dependence as regulators increase scrutiny on who is prescribing and being prescribed these drugs, writes Kate Reynolds, Barrister, Francis Burt Chambers.
Across all Australian jurisdictions, there has been a purposeful and deliberate leap towards tighter regulation and stricter monitoring of Schedule 8 and reportable Schedule 4 medications.
Here, in Western Australia, the Medicines and Poisons Act 2014 (the Act), the Medicines and Poisons Regulations 2016 (the Regulations), together with the Department of Health’s Monitored Medicines Prescribing Code authorise what is monitored and how this is managed.
It is now...
Across all Australian jurisdictions, there has been a purposeful and deliberate leap towards tighter regulation and stricter monitoring of Schedule 8 and reportable Schedule 4 medications.
Here, in Western Australia, the Medicines and Poisons Act 2014 (the Act), the Medicines and Poisons Regulations 2016 (the Regulations), together with the Department of Health’s Monitored Medicines Prescribing Code authorise what is monitored and how this is managed.
It is now...
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