Victorian Numbered Regulations

SEVERE SUBSTANCE DEPENDENCE TREATMENT REGULATIONS 2011 (SR NO 5 OF 2011) - REG 6

For the purpose of sections 10, 12, 13 and 39 of the Act, a prescribed registered medical practitioner is—

        (a)     a person who is a fellow or affiliate of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists; or

        (b)     a person who is a fellow of the Australasian Chapter of Addiction Medicine; or

        (c)     in relation to a person in custody at facilities operated by the Victoria Police—

              (i)     a registered medical practitioner who, in the course of work for the Victoria Police, provides medical care to that person at those facilities; or

              (ii)     a person referred to in paragraph (a) or (b).