Medicines and Poisons (Medicines) Regulation 2021
sec.170Record for veterinary nurse administering on oral prescription
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sec.170 Record for veterinary nurse administering on oral prescription
This section applies to a veterinary nurse who is authorised to administer a medicine to an animal, if the medicine is administered on an oral prescription. The veterinary nurse must make and keep a record of— the oral prescription; and the name of the veterinary surgeon who prescribed the medicine; and the date and time the medicine is administered; and the amount of medicine administered. See section 224 about keeping records. (sec.170-ssec.1) This section applies to a veterinary nurse who is authorised to administer a medicine to an animal, if the medicine is administered on an oral prescription. (sec.170-ssec.2) The veterinary nurse must make and keep a record of— the oral prescription; and the name of the veterinary surgeon who prescribed the medicine; and the date and time the medicine is administered; and the amount of medicine administered. See section 224 about keeping records.
- (a) the oral prescription; and
- (b) the name of the veterinary surgeon who prescribed the medicine; and
- (c) the date and time the medicine is administered; and
- (d) the amount of medicine administered.