31AWhen dentist may write chart instruction on residential medication chart

31A When dentist may write chart instruction on residential medication chart

(1) A dentist must not write a chart instruction for methadone on a residential medication chart.

(2) A dentist must not write a chart instruction on a residential medication chart unless—

(i) the instruction is for the dental treatment of a person other than the dentist; and

(A) under the dentist's care; and

(iii) the dentist 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 dentist has taken all reasonable steps to ascertain the identity of the person for whose treatment the instruction is given; and

This regulation prohibits a dentist 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. 32 (Heading) amended by S.R. No. 73/2020 reg. 11(1).