23Obtaining wholesale supply in residential aged care facilities

23 Obtaining wholesale supply in residential aged care facilities

23 Obtaining wholesale supply in residential aged care facilities

(1) Obtaining wholesale supply of Schedule 2, 3, 4 and 8 substances and other prescribed therapeutic goods by an authorised person for a residential care facility for use in connection with the treatment of residents in the facility is authorised.

(2) In this section—

authorised person, for a residential care facility, means—

(a) the director of nursing for the facility, or

(b) if there is no director of nursing for the facility—a manager of the facility nominated by the approved provider, within the meaning of the Aged Care Act 1997 of the Commonwealth, in relation to the facility, or

(c) another prescribed person or a person of a prescribed class.