Paramedic practitioners are authorized to obtain, possess, use, sell, or supply Schedule 2, 3, 4, or 8 poisons approved by the Minister.

Registered paramedics lose their authorization to handle specific poisons if the Paramedicine Board of Australia imposes a prohibiting condition or restriction.

Paramedic practitioners are granted access to the monitored poisons database.

Paramedic practitioners must take all reasonable steps to check the monitored poisons database before prescribing or supplying a monitored supply poison to a person.

Paramedic practitioners face a penalty of 100 penalty units for failing to check the monitored poisons database before supplying a monitored supply poison.

It is a criminal offence for a paramedic practitioner to administer or supply Schedule 8 poisons in violation of the Principal Act, regardless of whether the person is drug-dependent.

It is a criminal offence for a paramedic practitioner to fail to comply with the conditions of a Schedule 8 permit.