Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Regulations 2017
98CAdministration of Schedule 4 poison—registered Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioner
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98C Administration of Schedule 4 poison—registered Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioner
(1) A registered Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioner must not administer a Schedule 4 poison other than in accordance with subregulation (2).
(2) A registered Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioner may administer a Schedule 4 poison to a person specified in an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioner administration instruction that is given by a registered medical practitioner, a dentist, a nurse practitioner, an authorised midwife, an authorised optometrist or an authorised podiatrist if the administration is—
(a) in accordance with—
(i) that administration instruction; and
(b) within 12 months after the administration instruction is given.
Reg. 98D inserted by S.R. No. 124/2025 reg. 28.