544Prescribed witnesses for administration of controlled

544 Prescribed witnesses for administration of controlled medicines—Act, s 53 (a) and (b) administration of a controlled medicine: (a) if the medicine is administered by an intern doctor— (i) an ambulance officer or paramedic employed by the (ii) a dentist; or (iii) a doctor; or (iv) a medical radiation practitioner; or (v) a midwife; or (vi) a nurse; or (vii) a pharmacist; Note 1 Dentist, doctor and pharmacist does not include an intern or trainee (see defs of these terms in dict). Note 2 Medical radiation practitioner and paramedic does not include a person holding student, limited or provisional registration to practise in the profession (see defs of these terms in dict). Note 3 Nurse does not include an enrolled nurse (see Legislation Act, dict, Note 4 State includes the Northern Territory (see Legislation Act, dict, (b) if the medicine is administered by a person who is not an intern doctor— (i) a person prescribed under paragraph (a); or (ii) an intern doctor or enrolled nurse.

(2) However, a person mentioned in subsection (1) is not prescribed as a witness to the administration of a controlled medicine if the person is— (a) related to, a close friend of or employed by the person administering the medicine; or (b) the supervisor of the person administering the medicine; or (c) supervised by the person administering the medicine.