10Exemptions relating to offences

10 Exemptions relating to offences

(1)  [Section 10 Subsection (1) amended by No. 95 of 2001, Sched. 2, Applied:01 Jun 2002] A visiting health professional does not commit an offence under a Health Registration Act, the Misuse of Drugs Act 2001 or the Poisons Act 1971 for –

(a) providing health care services that he or she is authorised by this Act to provide; or

(b) possessing or supplying a substance that he or she is authorised by this Act to possess or supply, in the course of providing those authorised health care services; or

(c) prescribing a substance in accordance with this Act; or

(d) holding himself or herself out as being able to provide those authorised health care services; or

(e) using any name, initials, description, word, symbol, addition or title that he or she ordinarily uses.

(2)  [Section 10 Subsection (2) amended by No. 95 of 2001, Sched. 2, Applied:01 Jun 2002] A visitor does not commit an offence under the Poisons Act 1971 or the Misuse of Drugs Act 2001 for doing anything, or possessing any substance, as a result of being provided with health care services in accordance with this Act.

(3)  [Section 10 Subsection (3) amended by No. 95 of 2001, Sched. 2, Applied:01 Jun 2002] A person does not commit an offence under the Poisons Act 1971 or the Misuse of Drugs Act 2001 for –

(a) supplying a controlled substance in accordance with a written prescription issued by a visiting health professional if –

(i) the health professional is authorised in accordance with this Act to issue the prescription; and