Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) An authorised prescriber for a Scheduled substance may:
(a) by written or oral order (an administration order ), authorise the administration of the substance by an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioner, a nurse, a midwife or a pharmacist to:
(i) a patient of a hospital; or
(ii) a resident at a residential facility; or
(iii) a person receiving medical treatment at a declared place; or
(iv) a person receiving palliative care at the person's residence in a circumstance prescribed by regulation; or
(b) by written order (a supply order ), authorise the supply of the substance by a pharmacist to:
(i) a person on the person's discharge as a patient of a hospital; or
(ii) the nurse employed at a residential facility for administration to a resident at the facility; or
(iii) the person in charge of a declared place.
(2) An administration order or supply order must comply with the requirements prescribed by regulation.
Note for section 92
An administration order or supply order may be issued electronically in accordance with the Electronic Transactions (Northern Territory) Act 2000 .