18Exemption for registered nurses and medical practitioners in particular circumstances

18 Exemption for registered nurses and medical practitioners in particular circumstances

18 Exemption for registered nurses and medical practitioners in particular circumstances

(1) This section applies to a person who is a registered nurse or a medical practitioner at a hospital in the following circumstances—

(a) a patient at the hospital experiences a seizure or convulsion,

(b) the prescribing nuclear medicine physician treating the patient lawfully requires the nurse or practitioner to inject the patient with a radiopharmaceutical for a diagnostic purpose—

(i) at the time the patient experiences the seizure, or

(ii) immediately after the seizure or convulsion ends,

(c) there is no one readily available who—

(i) holds a radiation user licence, and

(ii) is able to inject the patient with the radiopharmaceutical.

(2) The person is exempt from the requirement to hold a radiation user licence under the Act, section 7 in relation to use of the radiopharmaceutical for the injection if, at all times when using the radiopharmaceutical, the person is subject to general supervision.