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National registration of health professionals: could it presage national regulation of Schedule 8 medicines?

Colin M Brown
Med J Aust 2010; 193 (1): . || doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb03748.x
Published online: 5 July 2010

To the Editor: The arrival of national registration of health professionals on 1 July 2010, and consequential amendments to state and territory legislation, overcomes registration and recognition complexities currently facing Australian medical practitioners who wish to practise in multiple jurisdictions.


  • Drug and Alcohol Services South Australia, Drugs of Dependence Unit, Adelaide, SA.



Competing interests:

I am a member of the Law Society of South Australia.

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The views expressed in this letter are my own, and do not necessarily represent those of Drug and Alcohol Services South Australia or the SA government.

  • 1. Controlled Substances (Poisons) Regulations 1996 (SA). Regulations 26(1)(e)(i)(A) and 27(5)(a)(iv).
  • 2. Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Regulation 2008 (NSW). Regulation 80.
  • 3. Poisons Regulations 2008 (TAS). Regulation 15.
  • 4. Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Regulations 2006 (VIC). Section 26.
  • 5. Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Regulation 2008 (ACT). Regulation 41.

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