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2022 RACGP curriculum and syllabus for Australian general practice
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Prescribing drugs of dependence in general practice
Part A - Clinical Governance Framework
Last revised: 07 Nov 2019
The following information is from the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA).73
Scheduling is a national classification system that controls how medicines and poisons are made available to the public. The schedules are published in the Standard for the Uniform Scheduling of Medicines and Poisons (SUSMP) and are given legal effect through state and territory legislation.
The SUSMP is legally referred to as the Poisons Standard.
Schedule 1
Not currently in use
Schedule 2
Pharmacy medicine
Schedule 3
Pharmacist only medicine
Schedule 4
Prescription only medicine OR prescription animal remedy
Schedule 5
Caution
Schedule 6
Poison
Schedule 7
Dangerous poison
Schedule 8
Controlled drug
Schedule 9
Prohibited substance
State/territory
Term for S8 drug
Australian Capital Territory
Controlled medicine
New South Wales
Drug of addiction
Northern Territory
Schedule 8 substance
Queensland
South Australia
Drug of dependence
Tasmania
Narcotic substance
Victoria
Schedule 8 poison
Western Australia
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