sec.6AExemption for S3 naloxone treatment programs— Act , s 7

sec.6A Exemption for S3 naloxone treatment programs— Act , s 7

For section 7 (1) of the Act , each of the following activities with the following substances is prescribed— supplying, by wholesale, stock of S3 naloxone for a naloxone treatment program; giving 1 or more doses of S3 naloxone obtained under a naloxone treatment program to a person; administering S3 naloxone obtained under a naloxone treatment program to a person. However, subsection (3) applies to an activity mentioned in subsection (1) (b) carried out by a person performing a function under a naloxone treatment program. The activity is prescribed only to the extent— the person is appropriately qualified; and the person, when carrying out the activity, gives instructions about— how to recognise signs and symptoms of suspected opioid overdose; and how to administer the S3 naloxone. In this section— naloxone treatment program means a program set up by an entity of the State or Commonwealth to make S3 naloxone widely available for treating opioid overdose. S3 naloxone means naloxone in a manufacturer’s pack for the treatment of opioid overdose, other than naloxone that is an S4 medicine. s 6A ins 2023 SL No. 51 s 4 (sec.6A-ssec.1) For section 7 (1) of the Act , each of the following activities with the following substances is prescribed— supplying, by wholesale, stock of S3 naloxone for a naloxone treatment program; giving 1 or more doses of S3 naloxone obtained under a naloxone treatment program to a person; administering S3 naloxone obtained under a naloxone treatment program to a person. (sec.6A-ssec.2) However, subsection (3) applies to an activity mentioned in subsection (1) (b) carried out by a person performing a function under a naloxone treatment program. (sec.6A-ssec.3) The activity is prescribed only to the extent— the person is appropriately qualified; and the person, when carrying out the activity, gives instructions about— how to recognise signs and symptoms of suspected opioid overdose; and how to administer the S3 naloxone. (sec.6A-ssec.4) In this section— naloxone treatment program means a program set up by an entity of the State or Commonwealth to make S3 naloxone widely available for treating opioid overdose. S3 naloxone means naloxone in a manufacturer’s pack for the treatment of opioid overdose, other than naloxone that is an S4 medicine.

• (a) supplying, by wholesale, stock of S3 naloxone for a naloxone treatment program;
• (b) giving 1 or more doses of S3 naloxone obtained under a naloxone treatment program to a person;
• (c) administering S3 naloxone obtained under a naloxone treatment program to a person.
• (a) the person is appropriately qualified; and
• (b) the person, when carrying out the activity, gives instructions about— (i) how to recognise signs and symptoms of suspected opioid overdose; and (ii) how to administer the S3 naloxone.