39ASale or supply of Schedule 4 or 8 poison—approved registered nurse

39A Sale or supply of Schedule 4 or 8 poison—approved registered nurse

(1) An approved registered nurse is authorised to sell or supply a Schedule 4 poison or Schedule 8 poison if—

(a) that sale or supply is for treatment that is—

(i) treatment of a person under the nurse's care; and

(ii) treatment of the person to whom the poison is sold or supplied; and

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

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

(e) the sale or supply is in accordance with an approval under regulation 161A.

(2) An approved registered nurse must not sell or supply a Schedule 4 poison or Schedule 8 poison other than in accordance with subregulation (1).