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Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Regulations 2017
34When authorised optometrist may write chart instruction
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34 When authorised optometrist may write chart instruction
An authorised optometrist must not write a chart instruction for a Schedule 4 poison on a hospital medication chart or residential medication chart unless—
(a) the instruction is for the ocular treatment of a person other than the optometrist; and
(e) if the poison is a drug of dependence, the optometrist has taken all reasonable steps to ascertain the identity of the person for whose treatment the instruction is given.