79Approvals for Schedule 8 substances not required in certain circumstances—the Act, s 69(1)

79 Approvals for Schedule 8 substances not required in certain circumstances—the Act, s 69(1)

79 Approvals for Schedule 8 substances not required in certain circumstances—the Act, s 69(1)

(1) This section sets out the circumstances in which a medical practitioner or authorised nurse does not require an approval under section 78(1) to supply, administer or issue a prescription for a Schedule 8 substance.

Note—

The Act, section 69(2) and (3) set out other circumstances in which an approval is not required.

(2) A medical practitioner or authorised nurse does not require an approval if the activity is carried out for one of the following purposes—

(a) the palliative treatment of a patient,

(b) the treatment of a patient admitted to, or receiving emergency treatment at, a public health entity or private health facility,

Note—

A hospital in the home patient is admitted to a public health entity or private health facility.

(c) the treatment of an inmate in a correctional centre for the purposes of continuing the treatment the person was receiving immediately before the person became an inmate.

(3) A medical practitioner or authorised nurse (the replacement practitioner) does not require an approval if—

(a) the replacement practitioner carries out the activity on behalf of another medical practitioner or authorised nurse who holds an approval for the activity and is temporarily unavailable (the original practitioner), and

(b) the activity is required for the continued treatment of a patient of the original practitioner, and

(c) the replacement practitioner—

(i) practises at the same practice or premises as the original practitioner, or

(ii) is nominated by the original practitioner to carry out the activity.

(4) A medical practitioner does not require an approval if the medical practitioner has a specialist registration—

(a) in palliative medicine, or

(b) in paediatrics and child health, with a field of speciality practice in paediatric palliative medicine or paediatric medical oncology, or