Queensland Consolidated Regulations

HEALTH (DRUGS AND POISONS) REGULATION 1996 - REG 164

164 Hospitals

(1) The persons authorised to do an authorised thing at a hospital are—

(a) the medical superintendent of the hospital; and

(b) a doctor nominated by the medical superintendent; and

(c) if there is a pharmacist in charge of the hospital’s dispensary—

(i) the pharmacist in charge; and

(ii) a pharmacist nominated in writing by the pharmacist in charge.

(2) Subsection (3) applies if none of the persons mentioned in subsection (1) are present at the hospital.

(3) The director of nursing of the hospital is authorised to do an authorised thing.

(4) If subsection (2) applies and the director of nursing is not present at the hospital, the registered nurse in charge of the hospital is authorised to do an authorised thing.

(5) An employee of a hospital who is an adult (an
"adult employee" ) may, to the extent necessary to carry out the employee’s duties at the hospital, and only under a medical gas protocol—

(a) possess a restricted medical gas; or

(b) issue a restricted medical gas for treatment of the hospital’s patients.

(6) In this section—

"do an authorised thing" , at a hospital, means—

(a) obtain a restricted drug for use at the hospital; or

(b) possess a restricted drug at the hospital; or

(c) issue a restricted drug for treatment of the hospital’s patients.

"medical gas protocol" means a certified document published by the department stating—

(a) the qualifications an adult employee must have to possess or issue a restricted medical gas; and

(b) the circumstances in which, and the conditions under which, an adult employee may possess or issue a restricted medical gas.

"restricted medical gas" means a gas that is a restricted drug ordinarily used for a medical purpose in a hospital.