93Administration of medication

#### 93 Administration of medication 93 Administration of medication > > (1) The approved provider of an education and care service must ensure that medication is not administered to a child being educated and cared for by the service unless— > > > > > (a) that administration is authorised; and > > > > > (b) the medication is administered in accordance with regulation 95 or 96. > > > > Penalty: $2200. > > > (2) The approved provider of an education and care service must ensure that written notice is given to a parent or other family member of a child as soon as practicable, if medication is administered to the child under an authorisation referred to in subregulation (5)(b). > > > > Penalty: $1100. > > > (3) A nominated supervisor of an education and care service must ensure that medication is not administered to a child being educated and cared for by the service unless— > > > > > (a) that administration is authorised; and > > > > > (b) the medication is administered in accordance with regulation 95 or 96. > > > > Penalty: $2200. > > > (4) A family day care educator must ensure that medication is not administered to a child being educated and cared for by the educator as part of a family day care service unless— > > > > > (a) that administration is authorised; and > > > > > (b) the medication is administered in accordance with regulation 95 or 96. > > > > Penalty: $2200. > > > (5) In this regulation the administration of medication to a child is authorised if an authorisation to administer the medication— > > > > > (a) is recorded in the medication record for that child under regulation 92; or > > > > > (b) in the case of an emergency, is given verbally by— > > > > > > > (i) a parent or a person named in the child’s enrolment record as authorised to consent to administration of medication; or > > > > > > > (ii) if a parent or person named in the enrolment record cannot reasonably be contacted in the circumstances, a registered medical practitioner or an emergency service. > > **Reg 93:** Am 2017 (543), reg 31; 2023 (399), reg 30.