Everything you need to know about practising cosmetic injectables in Victoria — prescribing rules, medicine custody, clinic ownership and who can inject, under the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981.
Victoria follows the traditional doctor-prescribe, nurse-administer model under its general medicines legislation, without the cosmetic-specific stock rules seen in Queensland. A valid prescription from a doctor or NP is required before each treatment episode, and Victoria publishes specific guidance for nurses administering Schedule 4 cosmetic injectables. The Health Complaints Commissioner has particular oversight of cosmetic procedures.
Governing legislation: Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981 (VIC). This scores 6/10 on our regulation scale — high oversight compared with other states and territories.
What each profession can and cannot do in Victoria. Prescribing and injecting rights are set nationally by AHPRA, while clinic ownership and medicine custody follow VIC legislation.
Six areas every practitioner and clinic owner in Victoria needs to get right.
A valid prescription from a doctor or nurse practitioner is required before each treatment episode. Victoria publishes specific guidance for nurses administering Schedule 4 cosmetic injectables.
Possession and supply of S4 medicines is restricted to authorised prescribers, consistent with the national Poisons Standard and the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981.
Multi-disciplinary clinic structures are common and well-supported by existing Victorian guidance for cosmetic practice.
Cosmetic-procedure advertising is monitored under both AHPRA’s National Law and Victorian consumer-protection law.
Victoria’s Health Complaints Commissioner has specific oversight of cosmetic procedures — factor this into your complaints-handling policy and record-keeping.
Underestimating the documentation expected for informed consent specific to cosmetic (non-therapeutic) procedures, including separate consent for clinical images.
The compliant ways to structure a cosmetic injectables clinic in Victoria.
Multi-disciplinary clinic structures are common and well-supported by existing Victorian guidance for cosmetic practice. RN-led clinics operate under prescriber oversight, with the prescriber retaining custody of S4 medicines.
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