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Unapproved medicines - Who is responsible for them?
Thursday 1 February 2018, 12:00 PM
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2. A survey of the use of unapproved medicines in anaesthesia practice in New Zealand. Anaesth Intensive Care 2008;36:102–06.
3. Medicines Act 1981; section 29.
4. Medicines Act 1981; section 25(2).
5. Health and Disability Commissioner. Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers' Rights 1996; right 6(1)(b).
6. Health and Disability Commissioner. Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers' Rights 1996; right 7(1)
7. Health and Disability Commissioner. Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers' Rights 1996; right 7(6)(b)
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9. Medicines Act 1981; section 43(c)(i).
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11.Medicines Act 1981, section 20(1).
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