Contacts for state/territory drugs and poisons units

National Line for Drugs & Poisons
1300 364 545

Australian Capital Territory

Pharmaceutical Services / ACT Health

Phone	02 5124 9208
Fax	02 5124 9309
Web	health.act.gov.au
	(or search ACT pharmaceutical services)

New South Wales

Pharmaceutical Services Branch / NSW Health

Phone	02 9391 9944
Fax	02 9424 5860
	health.nsw.gov.au
	(or search NSW pharmaceutical services)

Northern Territory

Poisons Control / NT Department of Health

Phone	08 8922 7341
Fax	08 8922 7200
	health.nt.gov.au
	(or search NT poisons control)

Queensland

For medicines: Healthcare Approvals and Regulation Unit

Phone	07 3708 5264
	Queensland Health – Medicines and Poisons

For poisons: Environmental Hazards Unit

Phone	07 3328 9310
Fax	07 3328 9354
	Queensland Health - Poisons Management

South Australia

Medicines labelling and scheduling

Phone	08 8204 1944
	SA Health Medicines and Technology Programs

Poisons labelling and scheduling

Phone	08 8226 7100
Fax	08 8226 6681
	Controlled Substances

Tasmania

Pharmaceutical Services Branch / Department of Health and Human Services

Phone	03 6166 0400
Fax	03 6173 0820
	dhhs.tas.gov.au
	(or search TAS pharmaceutical services)

Victoria

Department of Health / Drugs and Poisons Regulation Group

Phone	1300 364 545
Fax	1300 360 830
	health.vic.gov.au
	(or search VIC drugs and poisons services)
	dpcs@health.vic.gov.au

Drugs & Alcohol Clinical Advisory Service:

Phone

1800 812 804

Western Australia

Pharmaceutical Services Branch / Department of Health

Phone	08 9222 6883
Fax	08 9222 2463
	(or search WA pharmaceutical services)
	public.health.gov.au

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