352Authorisation for pharmacist and intern pharmacist to

352 Authorisation for pharmacist and intern pharmacist to administer vaccine without prescription—Act, s 37 (1) (b) (1) A pharmacist is authorised to administer a vaccine to a person without prescription if the pharmacist administers the vaccine in accordance with a direction by the chief health officer. (2) An intern pharmacist is authorised to administer a vaccine to a person without prescription if— (a) the intern pharmacist administers the vaccine in accordance with a direction by the chief health officer; and (b) the intern pharmacist is under the direct supervision of a pharmacist authorised to administer a vaccine under subsection (1). (3) The chief health officer may give directions for the administration of a vaccine to a person without prescription by a pharmacist or intern pharmacist. (4) A direction is a disallowable instrument. vaccine means— (a) a vaccine for human therapeutic use to which the medicines and poisons standard, schedule 4 applies; and (b) a vaccine specified separately under that schedule for human therapeutic use.