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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.
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)
- Scheduling decisions (interim)Public notice of interim decisions on proposed amendments to the Poisons Standard - ACMS#40, ACCS#35, Joint ACMS-ACCS#32 - November 2022Interim decisions and invitation for further comment. Closing date: 3 March 2023
- Scheduling decisions (interim)Notice of interim decisions on proposed amendments to the Poisons Standard – ACMS #38, ACCS #34, Joint ACMS-ACCS #31 – June 2022Interim decisions and invitation for further comment. Closing date: 24 November 2022
- Scheduling decisions (interim)Notice of interim decisions on proposed amendments to the Poisons Standard - ACMS #37 ACCS #33 Joint ACMS-ACCS #30 - March 2022Interim decisions and invitation for further comment. Closing date: 15 September 2022
- Scheduling decisions (interim)Notice of interim decisions on proposed amendments to the Poisons Standard – Joint ACMS-ACCS #25 - June 2020Interim decisions and invitation for further comment. Closing date: 11 April 2022
- Scheduling decisions (interim)Notice of interim decisions on proposed amendments to the Poisons Standard – ACMS #36 ACCS #32 Joint ACMS-ACCS #29 - November 2021Interim decisions and invitation for further comment. Closing date: 11 April 2022
- Scheduling decisions (interim)Notice of interim decisions on proposed amendments to the Poisons Standard - ACMS #34 - June 2021Interim decisions and invitation for further comment. Closing date: 1 November 2021.
- Scheduling decisions (interim)Notice of interim decisions on proposed amendments to the Poisons Standard – ACCS #31 – June 2021Interim decisions and invitation for further comment. Closed: 11 November 2021.
- Scheduling decisions (interim)Notice of interim decisions on proposed amendments to the Poisons Standard - ACMS #34 (oral contraceptive substances) - June 2021Interim decisions and invitation for further comment. Closed 1 November 2021.
- Scheduling decisions (interim)Notice of interim decisions on proposed amendments to the Poisons Standard - Joint ACMS-ACCS #28 - June 2021Interim decisions and invitation for further comment. Closed: 11 November 2021
- Scheduling decisions (interim)Notice of interim decisions on proposed amendments to the Poisons Standard (sodium nitrite) - June 2021Interim decisions and invitation for further comment. Closed: 11 November 2021