137Restrictions on dealing with Schedule 3 poison—nurse practitioner

137 Restrictions on dealing with Schedule 3 poison—nurse practitioner

Reg. 137(1) amended by S.R. No. 124/2025 reg. 45(1).

(1) A nurse practitioner must not issue a prescription for, write a chart instruction for, give an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioner supply instruction for, sell, supply, authorise the administration of or administer a Schedule 3 poison unless—

(a) that poison is for the treatment of a person under the nurse practitioner's care; and

(b) if the poison is a drug of dependence, the nurse practitioner has taken all reasonable steps to ascertain the identity of the person who is to be treated.

Reg. 137(2) amended by S.R. No. 124/2025 reg. 45(2).

(2) A nurse practitioner must not issue a prescription for, write a chart instruction for, give an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioner supply instruction for, sell, supply, authorise the administration of or administer a Schedule 3 poison unless the nurse practitioner has taken all reasonable steps to ensure a therapeutic need exists for that poison.

Reg. 137A inserted by S.R. No. 13/2021 reg. 31.