Medicines and Poisons (Medicines) Regulation 2021
sec.103Making standing order for relevant institution
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sec.103 Making standing order for relevant institution
A prescriber must not make a standing order for a relevant institution unless— a medicines and therapeutics committee of the institution has approved the making of the order; and the order is signed by a member of the committee who is a prescriber authorised to make standing orders. In this section— medicines and therapeutics committee , of a relevant institution, means a committee— established by the institution to approve standing orders for the administration or giving of treatment doses of medicines to patients at the institution; and whose members include 1 medical practitioner, 1 registered nurse and 1 pharmacist. (sec.103-ssec.1) A prescriber must not make a standing order for a relevant institution unless— a medicines and therapeutics committee of the institution has approved the making of the order; and the order is signed by a member of the committee who is a prescriber authorised to make standing orders. (sec.103-ssec.2) In this section— medicines and therapeutics committee , of a relevant institution, means a committee— established by the institution to approve standing orders for the administration or giving of treatment doses of medicines to patients at the institution; and whose members include 1 medical practitioner, 1 registered nurse and 1 pharmacist.
- (a) a medicines and therapeutics committee of the institution has approved the making of the order; and
- (b) the order is signed by a member of the committee who is a prescriber authorised to make standing orders.
- (a) established by the institution to approve standing orders for the administration or giving of treatment doses of medicines to patients at the institution; and
- (b) whose members include 1 medical practitioner, 1 registered nurse and 1 pharmacist.