137BSale, supply or administration of Schedule 3 poison—approved registered nurse

137B Sale, supply or administration of Schedule 3 poison—approved registered nurse

(1) Subject to this regulation, an approved registered nurse is authorised to sell, supply and administer a Schedule 3 poison.

(2) An approved registered nurse must not sell, supply or administer a Schedule 3 poison unless—

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

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

(c) the sale, supply or administration is in accordance with an approval under regulation 161C.

(3) An approved registered nurse must not sell, supply or administer a Schedule 3 poison unless the nurse has taken all reasonable steps to ensure a therapeutic need exists for that poison.