30AWhen registered medical practitioner may write chart instruction on residential medication chart

30A When registered medical practitioner may write chart instruction on residential medication chart

A registered medical practitioner must not write a chart instruction on a residential medication chart unless—

(i) the instruction is for the medical treatment of a person other than the practitioner; and

(A) under the practitioner's care; and

(iii) the practitioner has taken all reasonable steps to ensure a therapeutic need exists for that poison; and

(b) in the case of a Schedule 4 poison that is a drug of dependence, or a Schedule 8 poison, the practitioner has taken all reasonable steps to ascertain the identity of the person for whose treatment the instruction is given; and

This regulation prohibits a medical practitioner from writing a chart instruction on a residential medication chart for a Schedule 8 poison if the residential medication chart is in paper form.

Reg. 31 (Heading) amended by S.R. No. 73/2020 reg. 9(1).