Medicines and Allied Substances [No. of 2013 27 prescribed form. (3) Unless otherwise provided, all prescriptions shall specify the medicine to be administered by reference to the generic name of that medicine. (4) Subject to subsection (5), a prescription signed by an authorised prescriber authorising the sale or supply of a medicine shall not be dispensed on more than one occasion, except that if the prescription expressly directs that it may be dispensed on a specified number of occasions or at specified intervals in a specific period, it may be dispensed in accordance with that direction. (5) Notwithstanding subsection (4), insulin and medicines for the treatment of asthma or other such diseases as the Minister may, on the advice of the Authority, by statutory instrument specify, may be sold or supplied any number of times under an initial prescription of a medical doctor or veterinary surgeon. (6) In this section, “ authorised prescriber ” means a medical doctor, a dental surgeon, a veterinary surgeon or such other person as the Minister may, on the advice of the Authority, by statutory instrument, designate. (7) Where a generic medicine is prescribed under subsection (3), a pharmacist or any person acting under the supervision of the pharmacist, or a veterinary surgeon to whom the prescription is presented, shall dispense the generic medicine specified in that prescription, unless such generic medicine is not available. (8) A person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable, upon conviction, to a fine not exceeding two million penalty units. (9) The Minister may, for the purpose of preventing the improper use of prescription only medicines, on the recommendation of the Authority, by statutory instrument— (a) provide for the control of the importation, exportation, sale, possession, distribution, use and labelling of prescription only medicines; (b) exclude any prescription only medicine or preparation of such medicine from the operation of this Part; (c) prohibit, regulate or restrict the manufacture of prescription only medicine; and (d) regulate the use by any medical doctor, dental surgeon or veterinary surgeon of preparations containing a prescription only medicine and the dispensing of the preparations. 43. Medicines shall be labelled in such manner as the Minister may, on the recommendation of the Authority, provide by statutory