Schedule 2 Retail Licence - Western Australia

Description

You will require this licence if your business operates in a rural or remote area and you intend to sell by retail any drug listed as a Schedule 2 medicine. Schedule 2 medicine is normally only available for purchase from pharmacies. This licence can be issued if your business is over 25km from the nearest pharmacy.

You must nominate a responsible person to have overall responsibility for each premises on the permit. Qualifications/experience with medicines is not a pre-requisite to issuing the licence. Individual applicants and persons nominated to have overall responsibility for a premises must complete a Personal Information Form: Identification, Fitness and Probity. If the permit is to be issued to a partnership, or body corporate, each partner or corporate officer must complete the personal information form.

Please consult the Contact Officer for further information.

Service type

Licence

A licence defines the need to obtain recognition / certification and registration to undertake a certain business activity.

Eligibility requirements

Please consult with the Contact Officer for information on any eligibility requirements.

Duration

1 year. A renewal application will be mailed to the postal address approximately 2 months prior to expiry.

Fees

Fees Details for this service in table format.

Task Type Business Structure Amount Description
Apply Application All $102.00 -
Apply Licence All $102.00 -
General Miscellaneous All $41.00 Issue of replacement permit
Vary Variation All $82.00 -

Act(s) name

Medicines and Poisons Act 2014 Western Australia

Regulation(s) name

Medicines and Poisons Regulations 2016 Western Australia

Additional information

To ensure a timely decision about your application please:

  • complete all required sections of the application
  • attach all requested documentation
  • respond to requests from the Department for additional information as soon as possible
  • make sure appropriate staff are available if the Department needs to conduct a premises inspection.

Applications will generally be processed within 4 weeks of receipt, provided the required fee has been paid.

Administering agency

Department of Health

Medicines and Poisons Regulation Branch

Contact details

Contact Email, Phone and Address Details for this service in simple two column table format, header then data.

Please use these contact details for help or more information:

Enquiries

Medicines and Poisons Regulation Branch

Department of Health
Mailing address: Perth Business Centre
PO BOX 8172
Perth, Western Australia 6000
Phone: 08 9222 6883
Email: poisons@health.wa.gov.au