98DAdministration of Schedule 8 poison—registered Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioner

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98D Administration of Schedule 8 poison—registered Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioner

(1) A registered Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioner must not administer a Schedule 8 poison other than in accordance with subregulation (2).

(2) A registered Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioner may administer a Schedule 8 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 or an authorised midwife if the administration is—

(a) in accordance with—

(i) that administration instruction; and

(b) within 6 months after the administration instruction is given.

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