In most Poison’s and Pharmacy Acts and Regulations in Australia there is the ability to give an emergency supply of medication. Within pharmacy it is usually a three day emergency supply. However should the prescriber contact you you can supply and the prescriber must supply a prescription shortly after.
Here is the relevant regulation within the Western Australia’s Poisons Regulations
POISONS REGULATIONS 1965 – REG 38
38 . Dispensing poisons included in Schedule 4 in emergency cases
Where a medical practitioner, nurse practitioner, dentist or veterinary surgeon in a case of emergency orally or by telephone or telegram directs the dispensing of a poison included in Schedule 4, he shall forthwith write a prescription complying with the conditions prescribed in regulation 37, mark such prescription to show that it has been given as a confirmation of instructions given by him orally or by telephone or telegram, and despatch such prescription within 24 hours to the person to whom the instructions were given.
[Regulation 38 amended in Gazette 19 Mar 1996 p. 1222; amended by Act No. 9 of 2003 s. 46.]
Now I was going to make a smart alec remark about receiving an old fashioned telegram to urgently dispense a medication. A telegram in the 21st Century? Yeah Right. But it seems they have a niche market. Australia Post still provides a telegram service. I like how you can organise the telegram by phone or over the internet.
When it’s special, send a TELeGRAM. Some messages are too important for a phone call and too special for email.
That’s how Australia Post markets it. But it goes on.
The TELeGRAM combines new age demands with old world charm to offer you a quick, convenient way to send a message that matters.
Create your messages on-line, select from a range of images, and we print and post a hard copy of your special message to any delivery point within Australia.
I love it. I want a doctor to send their local pharmacist a drug order by telegram. And I want a camera there to see the response. I wonder if singing telegrams or gorilla-grams are also legitimate ways for ordering medications in an emergency.
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