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Scheduling decisions (interim)
An interim decision contains the delegate's proposed scheduling amendments to the Poison Standard and invitation for further public consultation.
Please note that interim decisions relating to matters discussed at the June 2023 meetings of the ACMS and ACCS, which were to be published in September 2023, have been delayed. These decisions are anticipated to be published in early October 2023.
Scheduling
Scheduling is a national classification system that controls how medicines and poisons are made available to the public. Medicines and poisons are classified into schedules such as pharmacy only or prohibited substance. To protect public health and safety we regulate the availability of a medicine or poison according to its schedule. The schedules are published in the Poisons Standard. Amendments to the Poisons Standard are considered by the Advisory Committee on Medicines Scheduling and the Advisory Committee on Chemicals Scheduling.
We invite public responses to the amendments via scheduling submissions. We publish interim scheduling decisions and consult on those. We then publish final scheduling decisions.
Visit Trove at the National Library of Australia to read archived Scheduling decisions (interim).
Latest Scheduling decisions (interim)
- Notice of interim decision on proposed amendments to the Poisons Standard – Joint ACMS-ACCS #34 - June 2023Scheduling decisions (interim)Interim decisions and invitation for further comment. Closing date: 1 September 2023
- Notice of interim decisions on proposed amendments to the Poisons Standard – ACMS #41, ACCS #36, Joint ACMS-ACCS #33 - March 2023Scheduling decisions (interim)Interim decisions and invitation for further comment. Closing date: 10 August 2023
- Public notice of interim decisions on proposed amendments to the Poisons Standard - ACMS#40, ACCS#35, Joint ACMS-ACCS#32 - November 2022Scheduling decisions (interim)Interim decisions and invitation for further comment. Closing date: 3 March 2023
- Notice of interim decisions on proposed amendments to the Poisons Standard – ACMS #38, ACCS #34, Joint ACMS-ACCS #31 – June 2022Scheduling decisions (interim)Interim decisions and invitation for further comment. Closing date: 24 November 2022
- Notice of interim decisions on proposed amendments to the Poisons Standard - ACMS #37 ACCS #33 Joint ACMS-ACCS #30 - March 2022Scheduling decisions (interim)Interim decisions and invitation for further comment. Closing date: 15 September 2022
- Notice of interim decisions on proposed amendments to the Poisons Standard – Joint ACMS-ACCS #25 - June 2020Scheduling decisions (interim)Interim decisions and invitation for further comment. Closing date: 11 April 2022
- Notice of interim decisions on proposed amendments to the Poisons Standard – ACMS #36 ACCS #32 Joint ACMS-ACCS #29 - November 2021Scheduling decisions (interim)Interim decisions and invitation for further comment. Closing date: 11 April 2022
- Notice of interim decisions on proposed amendments to the Poisons Standard - ACMS #34 - June 2021Scheduling decisions (interim)Interim decisions and invitation for further comment. Closing date: 1 November 2021.
- Notice of interim decisions on proposed amendments to the Poisons Standard – ACCS #31 – June 2021Scheduling decisions (interim)Interim decisions and invitation for further comment. Closed: 11 November 2021.
- Notice of interim decisions on proposed amendments to the Poisons Standard - ACMS #34 (oral contraceptive substances) - June 2021Scheduling decisions (interim)Interim decisions and invitation for further comment. Closed 1 November 2021.