Medicines and Poisons Act 2019
LegislationReferenced in 11 bills
Health and Other Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2023
This bill makes a wide range of health reforms to improve patient safety and expand access to healthcare. Key changes include allowing nurses and midwives to provide early medical terminations of pregnancy, counting babies as separate patients for midwife staffing ratios, requiring disclosure of serious patient safety risks identified by quality committees, and allowing Mental Health Court documents to be used in criminal proceedings.
Pharmacy Business Ownership Bill 2023
This bill creates a new licensing system for pharmacy ownership in Queensland, replacing the outdated 2001 Act. It establishes an independent Queensland Pharmacy Business Ownership Council to regulate who can own pharmacies and enforce compliance. The bill retains existing restrictions limiting pharmacy ownership to pharmacists while adding new transparency measures and prohibiting pharmacies in supermarkets.
Forensic Science Queensland Bill 2023
This bill establishes Forensic Science Queensland as an independent statutory body following the 2022 Commission of Inquiry into Forensic DNA Testing, which found serious problems with DNA analysis in Queensland. It creates a Director with statutory independence, a supporting office, and an Advisory Council to ensure forensic services are reliable and impartial.
Health and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2022
This bill amends nine health-related Acts to improve how Queensland's health system operates. It strengthens wellbeing protections for health workers, modernises cancer data collection, enables electronic recording of mental health tribunal proceedings, and streamlines several administrative processes including organ donation consent and school vision screening.
Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2021
This bill establishes a voluntary assisted dying scheme in Queensland, allowing people with a terminal illness expected to cause death within 12 months to legally end their lives with medical assistance. It implements 197 recommendations from the Queensland Law Reform Commission, creating a framework with strict eligibility requirements, a staged assessment process, and strong safeguards.
Debt Reduction and Savings Bill 2021
This bill implements the Queensland Government's debt reduction and savings plan by restructuring government agencies and transferring some functions to the private sector or other departments. It transfers the land titles registry to a new private operator, abolishes Building Queensland, the Queensland Productivity Commission, and the Public Safety Business Agency, and changes how the National Injury Insurance Scheme Agency is governed.
Health Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2025
This bill makes technical improvements to several health-related laws before they take full effect. It clarifies pharmacy ownership rules, moves dust lung disease reporting to a national system, allows mosquito traps to be left on properties to detect Japanese Encephalitis Virus, and fixes minor issues in mental health and radiation safety legislation.
Police Powers and Responsibilities and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2023
This bill makes several changes to police and emergency services operations in Queensland. The major reform expands the Police Drug Diversion Program beyond cannabis to cover all dangerous drugs, treating minor drug possession as a health issue rather than a criminal matter. It also increases penalties for serious offences including life imprisonment for drug trafficking and higher penalties for evading police in dangerous circumstances.
Tobacco and Other Smoking Products Amendment Bill 2023
This bill overhauls Queensland's tobacco laws to reduce smoking rates and protect the community from second-hand smoke. It introduces a licensing scheme for tobacco sellers, cracks down on illicit tobacco, expands smoke-free public spaces, and strengthens protections for children.
Tobacco and Other Smoking Products (Vaping) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024
This bill cracks down on the illegal vape and tobacco trade in Queensland by creating new offences, increasing penalties to up to 2 years imprisonment, and giving authorities power to close non-compliant businesses. It responds to a public health crisis with vaping among 12-17 year olds quadrupling since 2017, and supports the Commonwealth's national vaping ban.
Health Practitioner Regulation National Law and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2022
This bill strengthens the national framework for regulating Australia's 800,000+ registered health practitioners. It gives regulators new powers to protect the public from dangerous practitioners, improves information sharing about risky practitioners, and requires the health system to provide culturally safe care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.