The Department of Health helps to protect the community from the potential harm of medicines and chemicals. One way it does this is through controls defined in Victorian Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances legislation.
This legislation is applicable to substances that are listed in the Australian Standard for the Uniform Scheduling of Medicines and Poisons.
Victorian legislative controls for these substances vary according to their risk. Some of these controls include:
- Defining who is authorised to lawfully possess certain scheduled substances
- Requirements for the storage of scheduled substances
- Requirements for prescribing and supplying scheduled medicines
The Department also monitors and responds to legislative non-compliance.
Commonly used online forms
For a full list of online forms, please visit the Online Forms - Medicines and Poisons Regulation web page.
- Application for a permit to treat a patient with Schedule 8
- Application for a permit to treat an opioid dependent person with methadone or
- Propose changes or review an existing licence or permit to obtain (and possibly supply) scheduled .
- Apply for a new licence or permit to obtain (and possibly supply) scheduled
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Reviewed 20 June 2023