301Transitional authority for health practitioners approved to

301 Transitional authority for health practitioners approved to administer Schedule 4 or 8 substance before commencement (1) This section applies to an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioner, a nurse, a midwife or a paramedic who was declared by Gazette notice under section 250, as in force immediately before the commencement, to be approved to administer a Schedule 4 or 8 substance stated in the notice in accordance with the former SSTP stated in the notice (an

Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 2012 160 approved practitioner). (2) Subject to subsection (3), an approved practitioner may, in the course of practising in the approved practitioner's health profession, administer the substance to another person after the commencement if the former SSTP stated in the notice for the approved practitioner continues to remain in force under section 300 at the time of the administration of the substance. (3) The approved practitioner must administer the substance in accordance with: (a) the former SSTP; and (b) any conditions or limitations that were specified in the notice for the approved practitioner. (4) An approved practitioner who is authorised to administer a Schedule 4 or 8 substance under subsection (2) may, in the course of practising in the approved practitioner's health profession, possess the substance for that purpose after the commencement.