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prescribed form.
(3) Unless otherwise provided, all prescriptions shall specify the
medicine to be administered by reference to the generic name of
that medicine.
(4) Subject to subsection (5), a prescription signed by an
authorised prescriber authorising the sale or supply of a medicine
shall not be dispensed on more than one occasion, except that if
the prescription expressly directs that it may be dispensed on a
specified number of occasions or at specified intervals in a specific
period, it may be dispensed in accordance with that direction.
(5) Notwithstanding subsection (4), insulin and medicines for
the treatment of asthma or other such diseases as the Minister
may, on the advice of the Authority, by statutory instrument specify,
may be sold or supplied any number of times under an initial
prescription of a medical doctor or veterinary surgeon.
(6) In this section, “ authorised prescriber ” means a medical
doctor, a dental surgeon, a veterinary surgeon or such other person
as the Minister may, on the advice of the Authority, by statutory
instrument, designate.
(7) Where a generic medicine is prescribed under subsection
(3), a pharmacist or any person acting under the supervision of the
pharmacist, or a veterinary surgeon to whom the prescription is
presented, shall dispense the generic medicine specified in that
prescription, unless such generic medicine is not available.
(8) A person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence
and is liable, upon conviction, to a fine not exceeding two million
penalty units.
(9) The Minister may, for the purpose of preventing the improper
use of prescription only medicines, on the recommendation of the
Authority, by statutory instrument—
(a) provide for the control of the importation, exportation,
sale, possession, distribution, use and labelling of
prescription only medicines;
(b) exclude any prescription only medicine or preparation of
such medicine from the operation of this Part;
(c) prohibit, regulate or restrict the manufacture of prescription
only medicine; and
(d) regulate the use by any medical doctor, dental surgeon or
veterinary surgeon of preparations containing a
prescription only medicine and the dispensing of the
preparations.
43. Medicines shall be labelled in such manner as the Minister
may, on the recommendation of the Authority, provide by statutory