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Medicines Act 1981

Dealings with medicines and medical devices - Exemptions

34AA: Exemption for advertising medicines at medical conferences

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"Rules for advertising medicines at medical meetings"

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You need to tell the Director-General about a medical conference at least 30 working days before it starts. You must say if any medicines that are not approved under section 20, 22D, or 23 will be advertised. You also need to give the dates, location, and other details about the medicines and the conference. If you advertise medicines at the conference, section 20(2)(c) does not apply to you. A medical conference is where health practitioners meet, and it can include a trade show. The conference is for people regulated under the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003. You must give details about the medicines, like if they are approved by another authority or if an application for approval has been submitted under section 20, 22D, or 23.

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Part 2Dealings with medicines and medical devices
Exemptions

34AAExemption for advertising medicines at medical conferences

  1. This section applies if the organiser of a medical conference notifies the Director-General at least 30 working days before the opening of the conference of the following:

  2. that 1 or more medicines that are not approved under section 20, 22D, or 23 will be advertised at the medical conference:
    1. the dates on which the medical conference will open and close:
      1. the location of the medical conference:
        1. whether the medicines have been approved by a recognised regulatory authority:
          1. whether applications for approval of the medicines under section 20, 22D, or 23 have been submitted to the Director-General.

            1. Section 20(2)(c) does not apply to a person who advertises at the medical conference the availability of the medicines.

            2. In this section, medical conference means any conference, including an associated trade show, where the intended audience are health practitioners regulated under the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003.

            Notes
            • Section 34AA: inserted, on , by section 13 of the Medicines Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 66).