14Restrictions on authorisations for certain health practitioners

14 Restrictions on authorisations for certain health practitioners S. 14(1) amended by Nos 97/2005 s. 179(4)(a), 13/2010 s. 39(2). (1) If, under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law, the Medical Board of Australia has imposed in relation to the practice of a registered medical practitioner conditions, limitations or restrictions including a condition, limitation or restriction prohibiting the prescription of any drug or substance or class of drugs or substances, being a poison or controlled substance or drug of dependence or poisons or controlled substances or drugs of dependence that registered medical practitioner for the purpose of this Act and the regulations shall be deemed to be not authorized to obtain and have in his possession or to use sell or supply in the lawful practice of his profession the poison or controlled substance or drug of dependence or the poisons or controlled substances or drugs of dependence to which the condition, limitation or restriction relates. S. 14(2) inserted by No. 18/2000 s. 101, amended by Nos 97/2005 s. 179(4)(b), 27/2012 s. 13. (2) If the Chinese Medicine Board of Australia acting under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law has imposed in relation to the practice of a practitioner registered under that Act a condition, limitation or restriction prohibiting the prescription, ordering or dispensing of any Schedule 1 poison, that registered practitioner for the purposes of this Act and the regulations is deemed to be not authorised to obtain and have in his or her possession or to use sell or supply in the lawful practice of his or her profession the Schedule 1 poison to which the condition, limitation or restriction relates. S. 14(3) inserted by No. 67/2003 s. 3, amended by Nos 97/2005 s. 179(4)(c), 13/2010 s. 39(3), 14/2012 s. 6. (3) If the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia acting under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law has imposed in relation to the practice of a nurse practitioner, registered nurse or registered midwife conditions, limitations or restrictions including a condition, limitation or restriction prohibiting the prescription of any drug or substance or class of drugs or substances, being a poison or controlled substance or drug of dependence or poisons or controlled substances or drugs of dependence that nurse practitioner, registered nurse or registered midwife for the purposes of this Act and the regulations is deemed to be not authorized to obtain and have in his or her possession or to use sell or supply in the lawful practice of his or her profession the poison or controlled substance or drug of dependence or the poisons or controlled substances or drugs of dependence to which the condition, limitation or restriction relates. S. 14(3A) inserted by No. 1/2025 s. 6. (3A) If the Paramedicine Board of Australia acting under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law has imposed in relation to the practice of a registered paramedic a condition, limitation or restriction prohibiting the obtaining, possession, use, sale or supply of a Schedule 2, 3, 4 or 8 poison, that registered paramedic for the purposes of this Act and the regulations is taken not to be authorized to obtain, possess, use, sell or supply in the lawful practice of the registered paramedic's profession the poison to which the condition, limitation or restriction relates. S. 14(4) inserted by No. 97/2005 s. 179(5), amended by No. 13/2010 s. 39(4). (4) If the Optometry Board of Australia acting under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law has imposed in relation to the practice of an optometrist registered under that Act a condition, limitation or restriction prohibiting the prescription, ordering or dispensing of any Schedule 2, 3 or 4 poison, that optometrist for the purposes of this Act and the regulations is deemed to be not authorised to obtain and have in his or her possession or to use sell or supply in the lawful practice of his or her profession the Schedule 2, 3 or 4 poison to which the condition, limitation or restriction relates. S. 14(5) inserted by No. 97/2005 s. 179(5), amended by No. 13/2010 s. 39(5). (5) If the Podiatry Board of Australia acting under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law has imposed in relation to the practice of a podiatrist registered under that Act a condition, limitation or restriction prohibiting the prescription, ordering or dispensing of any Schedule 2, 3 or 4 poison, that podiatrist for the purposes of this Act and the regulations is deemed to be not authorised to obtain and have in his or her possession or to use sell or supply in the lawful practice of his or her profession the Schedule 2, 3 or 4 poison to which the condition, limitation or restriction relates. S. 14A (Heading) amended by No. 13/2010 s. 40(1). S. 14A inserted by No. 97/2005 s. 180 (as amended by No. 25/2007 s. 29).