Regulation of Complementary Therapies and Medicines

Links to information about the regulation and approval of the complementary and alternative therapies and medicines industry.

 

The Office of Complementary Medicines [Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing], which is part of the Therapeutic Goods Administration, regulates and provides information on complementary medicines for Australians.

 

Reviewed April 2008

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Title:   Regulation of colloidal silver and related products
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   A recent amendment to the Therapeutic Goods (Excluded Goods) Order means that products containing substances like colloidal silver, which have a use in the purification or treatment of drinking water, but which make therapeutic claims, are no longer goods excluded from therapeutic goods legislation and must meet the requirements of other medicines included on the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods.
Date:   Mar 2004
Title:   Australian medical devices guidelines: The use of medical devices in alternative therapies. Guidance document number 7
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Irrespective of what techniques, therapies or philosophies are utilised, if a product or object is used that meets the definition of a medical device, as stipulated in the Australian legislation, the product or object will be considered as a medical device and must comply with the requirements established by the legislation.
Date:   Aug 2003
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