64Administering Schedule 4 or 8 substances supplied on supply

64 Administering Schedule 4 or 8 substances supplied on supply order – nurses employed at residential facilities (1) Subject to subsection (2), a nurse employed at a residential facility may, in the course of practising in the nursing profession, administer a Schedule 4 or 8 substance to a resident at the facility if: (a) the substance was supplied by a pharmacist on a supply order issued by an authorised prescriber; and (b) the prescriber authorised the supply of the substance for the purpose of its administration to the resident. Notes for subsection (1) 1 Under section 92(1)(b)(ii), an authorised prescriber for a Schedule 4 or 8 substance may, by supply order, authorise the supply of the substance by a pharmacist to a nurse employed at a residential facility for administration to a resident at the facility. 2 Under section 57(1)(c)(ii), a pharmacist may supply a Schedule 4 or 8 substance on a written supply order for the substance to a nurse employed at a residential facility for administration to a resident at the facility.

Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 2012 39 (2) The nurse must administer the substance in accordance with any instructions for its administration specified by the authorised prescriber in the supply order. (3) A nurse who is authorised to administer a Schedule 4 or 8 substance to a resident at a residential facility under this section may, in the course of practising in the nursing profession, possess the substance for that purpose.