121Dealing with substance—nurse practitioner

121 Dealing with substance—nurse practitioner

(1) A nurse practitioner must not purchase, obtain, issue a prescription for, write a chart instruction for, give a verbal instruction or order for, sell, supply or authorise the administration of a substance to which this Part applies except in accordance with regulation 124.

Regulation 124 authorises a nurse practitioner to do certain things as directed by a registered medical practitioner who holds a warrant.

(2) A nurse practitioner must not administer a substance to which this Part applies except—

(a) in accordance with regulation 96(3); or

(b) in accordance with regulation 124.

Regulation 96(3) authorises a nurse to administer a Schedule 4 poison in certain circumstances. If a nurse is a nurse practitioner, the nurse practitioner may administer a Schedule 4 poison in those circumstances as a nurse.

Reg. 121A inserted by S.R. No. 13/2021 reg. 26.