32When nurse practitioner may write chart instruction on hospital medication chart

32 When nurse practitioner may write chart instruction on hospital medication chart

Reg. 32 amended by S.R. No. 73/2020 reg. 11(2).

A nurse practitioner must not write a chart instruction for a Schedule 4 poison or Schedule 8 poison on a hospital medication chart unless—

(a) the instruction 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 instruction is given.

Reg. 32A inserted by S.R. No. 73/2020 reg. 12.