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Scheduling delegate's final decisions: ACCS, March 2015
Scheduling medicines and poisons
27 March 2015
Glossary
| Abbreviation | Name |
|---|---|
| ACCC | Australian Competition and Consumer Commission |
| ACCS | Advisory Committee on Chemicals Scheduling |
| ACMS | Advisory Committee on Medicines Scheduling |
| APVMA | Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority |
| CAS | Chemical Abstract Service |
| CIR | Cosmetic Ingredient Review |
| CPS | Committee on Poisons Schedules |
| DPSSC | Drugs and Poisons Scheduling Sub-Committee |
| EPA | Environmental Protection Authority |
| FDA | Food and Drug Administration (United States) |
| IMAP | Inventory Multi-tiered Assessment and Prioritisation |
| LC50 | The concentration of a substance that produces death in 50 per cent of a population of experimental organisms. Usually expressed as mg per litre (mg/L) as a concentration in air. |
| LD50 | The concentration of a substance that produces death in 50 per cent of a population of experimental organisms. Usually expressed as milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg) of body weight. |
| LOAEL | Lowest observed adverse effect level |
| LOEL | Lowest observed effect level |
| MOE | Margins Of Exposure |
| NCCTG | National Coordinating Committee on Therapeutic Goods |
| NDPSC | National Drugs and Poisons Schedule Committee |
| NICNAS | National Industrial Chemicals Notification & Assessment Scheme |
| NOAEL | No observed adverse effect level |
| NOEL | No observable effect level |
| OCS | Office of Chemical Safety |
| PEC | Priority existing chemical |
| PSC | Poisons Schedule (Standing) Committee |
| SPF | Scheduling Policy Framework for Medicines and Chemicals [https://www.tga.gov.au/publication/ahmac-scheduling-policy-framework-medicines-and-chemicals] |
| SUSMP | Standard for the Uniform Scheduling of Medicines and Poisons |
| TGA | Therapeutic Goods Administration |