Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 2012
63Administering Schedule 4 or 8 substances under
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63 Administering Schedule 4 or 8 substances under administration order – Aboriginal and Torres Strait health practitioners, nurses, midwives and pharmacists (1) Subject to subsection (2), if an authorised prescriber has, by administration order, authorised an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioner, a nurse, a midwife or a pharmacist (the practitioner) to administer a Schedule 4 or 8 substance to another person, the practitioner may, in the course of practising in the practitioner's health profession, administer the substance to the person. See section 92(1)(a)(i) to (iv) in relation to the persons to whom an authorised prescriber for a Schedule 4 or 8 substance may, by administration order, authorise the administration of the substance to. (2) The practitioner must administer the substance in accordance with any instructions given by the authorised prescriber. (3) A practitioner who is authorised to administer a Schedule 4 or 8 substance to a person under this section may, in the course of practising in the practitioner's health profession, possess the substance for that purpose.