sec.6AMedical termination by particular registered health practitioners

sec.6A Medical termination by particular registered health practitioners

This section applies to each of the following registered health practitioners— a practitioner whose health profession is midwifery; a practitioner whose health profession is nursing; another practitioner prescribed by regulation. The registered health practitioner may, in the practice of the practitioner’s health profession, perform a termination on a person if— the termination is a medical termination; and the practitioner is authorised under the Medicines and Poisons Act 2019 , section 54 to carry out the activity that constitutes the performance of the termination. For subsection (2) , a registered health practitioner performs a medical termination on a person if the practitioner— prescribes a termination drug for use in the termination; or administers, or gives a treatment dose of, a termination drug for use in the termination without a prescription. In this section— give a treatment dose , of a termination drug, has the meaning given under the Medicines and Poisons Act 2019 , section 25 (3) . s 6A ins 2024 No. 7 s 22 (sec.6A-ssec.1) This section applies to each of the following registered health practitioners— a practitioner whose health profession is midwifery; a practitioner whose health profession is nursing; another practitioner prescribed by regulation. (sec.6A-ssec.2) The registered health practitioner may, in the practice of the practitioner’s health profession, perform a termination on a person if— the termination is a medical termination; and the practitioner is authorised under the Medicines and Poisons Act 2019 , section 54 to carry out the activity that constitutes the performance of the termination. (sec.6A-ssec.3) For subsection (2) , a registered health practitioner performs a medical termination on a person if the practitioner— prescribes a termination drug for use in the termination; or administers, or gives a treatment dose of, a termination drug for use in the termination without a prescription. (sec.6A-ssec.4) In this section— give a treatment dose , of a termination drug, has the meaning given under the Medicines and Poisons Act 2019 , section 25 (3) .

• (a) a practitioner whose health profession is midwifery;
• (b) a practitioner whose health profession is nursing;
• (c) another practitioner prescribed by regulation.
• (a) the termination is a medical termination; and
• (b) the practitioner is authorised under the Medicines and Poisons Act 2019 , section 54 to carry out the activity that constitutes the performance of the termination.
• (a) prescribes a termination drug for use in the termination; or
• (b) administers, or gives a treatment dose of, a termination drug for use in the termination without a prescription.