Subject to the provisions of the Medicines and Related Substances Act No. 101 of 1965, a person registered as a Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture practitioner may for the purposes of his or her practice—
| (a) | Possess or have under his or her control or administer or prescribe or supply to a patient— |
| (i) | any Traditional Chinese Medicine medicine, substance, or preparation; |
| (ii) | Traditional Chinese Medicine substances that are unscheduled or scheduled under the Medicines and Related Substances Act; |
| (iii) | Traditional Chinese Medicine substances, including scheduled substances, that are used in the compounding and dispensing of Traditional Chinese Medicine medicines, substances or preparations; |
| (iv) | Those scheduled substances which are recorded in a council-accepted Traditional Chinese Medicine pharmacopoeia, in quantities and concentrations that do not exceed what is reasonably necessary for this purpose. |
| (v) | Such scheduled Traditional Chinese Medicine substances, other than those contemplated in subparagraph (iv), as determined to be necessary for the practice of Chinese Traditional Medicine by the Council, at the recommendations of the relevant professional board and published in the gazette; |
| (b) | Prescribe for, or administer to, or dispense to, a patient— |
| (i) | Any Traditional Chinese Medicine substance, or preparation or mixture of substances, or medicines in any therapeutic dose; |
| (ii) | Basic substances and preparations and mixtures of Traditional Chinese Medicine substances whether they include scheduled substances or unscheduled substances under the Medicines and Related Substances Act; |
| (iii) | Medicines, substances, preparations, and mixtures of substances that are scheduled or unscheduled substances including— |
| (cc) | animal extracts, products, and derivatives; |
| (dd) | fats, oils, and fatty acids; |
| (ff) | polyphenols and bioflavonoids; |
| (hh) | saccharides (including probiotics); |
| (iv) | Traditional Chinese Medicine substances referred to in sub-paragraphs (i), (ii) and (iii), water and saline, in an injectable form, where applicable; and |
| (i) | any Traditional Chinese Medicine substance, preparations and mixtures of substances that are recorded in a council-accepted Traditional Chinese Medicine pharmacopoeia or any unscheduled substance for the purpose of making a Traditional Chinese Medicine medicine; |
| (ii) | Traditional Chinese Medicine substances referred to in paragraph (a) (i) - (iv); |
| (iii) | Traditional Chinese Medicine substances referred to in paragraph (b) (i), (ii) and (iii); |
| (iv) | Any Traditional Chinese Medicine substance or preparation or mixture of substances or medicines or substances containing a Traditional Chinese Medicine substance, in any therapeutic dose or strength. |
