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Scheduling basics

An overview of the scheduling of medicines and chemicals in Australia.

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Scheduling is a national classification system that controls how medicines and chemicals are made available to the public. Medicines and chemicals are classified into Schedules according to the level of regulatory control over the availability of the medicine or chemical required to protect public health and safety.

The Schedules are

	Schedule 1	Not currently in use
1	Schedule 2	Pharmacy Medicine
2	Schedule 3	Pharmacist Only Medicine
3	Schedule 4	Prescription Only Medicine OR Prescription Animal Remedy
4	Schedule 5	Caution
5	Schedule 6	Poison
6	Schedule 7	Dangerous Poison
7	Schedule 8	Controlled Drug
8	Schedule 9	Prohibited Substance
9	Schedule 10	Substances of such danger to health as to warrant prohibition of sale, supply and use

The Schedules are published in thePoisons Standardand are given legal effect through state and territory legislation. The Poisons Standard is also referred to as the Standard for the Uniform Scheduling of Medicines and Poisons (SUSMP).