545Prescribed witnesses for discarding of controlled

545 Prescribed witnesses for discarding of controlled medicines—Act, s 54 (a) and (b) discarding of a controlled medicine: (a) an ambulance officer or paramedic employed by the Commonwealth, the Territory or a State; (b) an approved analyst; (c) a dentist; (d) a doctor; (e) a medical radiation practitioner; (f) a medicines and poisons inspector; (g) a midwife; (h) a nurse; (i) a nurse practitioner; (j) a pharmacist; (k) a veterinary practitioner. Note 1 Approved analyst—see the dictionary. Note 2 Dentist and doctor does not include an intern or trainee (see defs of these

Note 3 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 4 Nurse does not include an enrolled nurse (see Legislation Act, dict, pt 1). Note 5 See s 390 for the discarding of the residue of a controlled medicine left after administration. (2) However, a person mentioned in subsection (1) is not prescribed as a witness to the discarding of a controlled medicine if the person is— the medicine; or (b) the supervisor of the person discarding the medicine; or (c) supervised by the person discarding the medicine.