20Issuing prescription for Schedule 4 or 8 poison—nurse practitioner

20 Issuing prescription for Schedule 4 or 8 poison—nurse practitioner

A nurse practitioner must not issue a prescription for a Schedule 4 poison or Schedule 8 poison unless—

(a) the prescription is for the treatment of a person other than the nurse practitioner; and

(e) if the poison is a drug of dependence or a Schedule 8 poison, the nurse practitioner has taken all reasonable steps to ascertain the identity of the person for whose treatment the prescription is issued; and

(f) in the case of a Schedule 8 poison, if, under regulation 10, a special Schedule 8 permit is required, the nurse practitioner holds a special Schedule 8 permit that authorises the issuing of the prescription.

In certain circumstances, sections 34B and 34C of the Act will also prohibit the nurse practitioner from prescribing the Schedule 8 poison without a Schedule 8 permit.