7Authorised health professionals

7 Authorised health professionals

(1)  [Regulation 7 Subregulation (1) amended by S.R. 2026, No. 4, Applied:16 Feb 2026] For the purposes of paragraph (b)(i) of the definition of authorised health professional in section 3(1) of the Act, the following classes of health professionals are prescribed:

(a) optometrists whose registration is endorsed under section 94 of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Tasmania);

(b) podiatric surgeons whose registration is endorsed under section 94 of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Tasmania);

(c) [Regulation 7 Subregulation (1) amended by S.R. 2025, No. 23, Applied:04 Jun 2025] podiatrists whose registration is endorsed under section 94 of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Tasmania);

(d) [Regulation 7 Subregulation (1) amended by S.R. 2025, No. 23, Applied:04 Jun 2025] registered nurses whose registration is endorsed under section 94 of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Tasmania);

(e) [Regulation 7 Subregulation (1) amended by S.R. 2025, No. 23, Applied:04 Jun 2025] pharmacists who are –

(i) authorised to prescribe a scheduled substance under subregulation (4) ; or

(ii) endorsed to prescribe a scheduled substance in accordance with section 25C(2) of the Act.

(2)  For the purposes of section 25C of the Act –

(a) the Optometry Board of Australia is prescribed as the authorised body for optometrists; and

(b) the Podiatry Board of Australia is prescribed as the authorised body for podiatric surgeons and podiatrists; and