124Effect of direction given to nurse practitioner

124 Effect of direction given to nurse practitioner

A nurse practitioner who is given a direction under regulation 120(2)(i) in relation to a substance and a specified patient may do any of the following things as directed—

(a) purchase or otherwise obtain the substance;

(b) issue a prescription to the patient for the substance in accordance with regulation 20;

(c) issue a verbal instruction to a pharmacist to supply the substance to the patient in accordance with regulation 25;

Reg. 124(ca) inserted by S.R. No. 20/2023 reg. 15.

(ca) transmit a digital image of an original prescription to a pharmacist to supply the substance to the patient in accordance with regulation 25A;

(d) write a chart instruction in respect of the substance and the patient in accordance with regulation 32;

(e) give an order for the sale or supply of the substance in respect of the patient;

(f) sell or supply the substance to the patient in accordance with regulation 39;

Reg. 124(g) amended by S.R. No. 124/2025 reg. 39.

(g) authorise the administration of the substance to the patient in accordance with regulation 85 or 85A;

(h) administer the substance to the patient in accordance with regulation 91.