Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) Subject to subsection (2), a nurse employed at a residential facility may, in the course of practising in the nursing profession, administer a Schedule 4 or 8 substance to a resident at the facility if:
(a) the substance was supplied by a pharmacist on a supply order issued by an authorised prescriber; and
(b) the prescriber authorised the supply of the substance for the purpose of its administration to the resident.
Notes for subsection (1)
1 Under section 92(1)(b)(ii), an authorised prescriber for a Schedule 4 or 8 substance may, by supply order, authorise the supply of the substance by a pharmacist to a nurse employed at a residential facility for administration to a resident at the facility.
2 Under section 57(1)(c)(ii), a pharmacist may supply a Schedule 4 or 8 substance on a written supply order for the substance to a nurse employed at a residential facility for administration to a resident at the facility.
(2) The nurse must administer the substance in accordance with any instructions for its administration specified by the authorised prescriber in the supply order.
(3) A nurse who is authorised to administer a Schedule 4 or 8 substance to a resident at a residential facility under this section may, in the course of practising in the nursing profession, possess the substance for that purpose.