62Authorised persons

62 Authorised persons

62 Authorised persons

For the purposes of section 16(1)(e) of the Act, the following persons are authorised to obtain possession of prescribed restricted substances for the purposes of their profession or employment—

(a) the director of nursing of a hospital that does not employ a chief pharmacist,

(b) the nurse or midwife in charge of a ward in a public hospital,

(b1) the responsible person for a residential care facility,

(b2) a registered nurse at a residential care facility that is not a nursing home, but for the purpose only of administering doses of such substances to individual residents of the residential care facility,

(c) a nurse or midwife who is approved for the time being by the Secretary for the purposes of this clause, or who belongs to a class of nurses or a class of midwives so approved,

(d) any other nurse or midwife, but for the purpose only of administering doses of such substances to individual patients in a hospital,

(e) an analyst, or a person acting under the direct personal supervision of an analyst.

cl 62: Am 2018 (703), Sch 1 [4].