Scheduling is a national classification system that controls how medicines and poisons are made available to the public. Medicines and poisons are classified into Schedules according to the level of regulatory control over the availability of the medicine or poison, required to protect public health and safety.
The Schedules are
|Schedule 1||Not currently in use|
|Schedule 2||Pharmacy Medicine|
|Schedule 3||Pharmacist Only Medicine|
|Schedule 4||Prescription Only Medicine OR Prescription Animal Remedy|
|Schedule 7||Dangerous Poison|
|Schedule 8||Controlled Drug|
|Schedule 9||Prohibited Substance|
The Schedules are published in the Standard for the Uniform Scheduling of Medicines and Poisons (SUSMP) and are given legal effect through state and territory legislation. The SUSMP is legally referred to as the Poisons Standard.