The Health Ombudsman issued a prohibition order to Matthew Everett-Jones on 20 May 2025.
Scope of Practice
The practitioner is prohibited permanently from possessing, supplying, administering, handling, dispensing, accessing, promoting, recommending the use of, or otherwise dealing with, any schedule 4 restricted drug or schedule 8 controlled drug in the course of his business, or other commercial activity, whether paid or unpaid:
- a restricted drug means any pharmaceutical items containing any active ingredient listed within Schedule 4 of the Standard for the Uniform Scheduling of Medicines and Poisons as contained in the Poisons Standard in accordance with the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 (Cth), as amended from time to time and as published at The Poisons Standard (the SUSMP) | Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA)
- Schedule 4 includes a number of androgens and anabolic steroids. An example of a restricted drug is Testosterone.
- A controlled drug means any pharmaceutical items containing any active ingredient listed within Schedule 8 of the Standard for the Uniform Scheduling of Medicines and Poisons as contained in the Poisons Standard in accordance with the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 (Cth), as amended from time to time and as published at The Poisons Standard (the SUSMP) | Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA)
Period of action or order
The prohibition order will continue to have effect until:
- the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal sets aside the decision, or
- the Health Ombudsman decides to revoke the order pursuant to section 90M of the Health Ombudsman Act 2013.
