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Human therapeutic use : Section 3 of the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989

Effective 29 June 2024

Preferred Term: human therapeutic use

Other Terms:

Definition:

Under Section 3 of the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989, therapeutic use means use in or in connection with:

  1. preventing, diagnosing, curing or alleviating a disease, ailment, defect or injury in persons, or
  2. influencing, inhibiting or modifying a physiological process in persons, or
  3. testing the susceptibility of persons to a disease or ailment, or
  4. influencing, controlling or preventing conception in persons, or
  5. testing for pregnancy in persons, or
  6. the replacement or modification of parts of the anatomy in persons.