Queensland Consolidated Regulations

HEALTH (DRUGS AND POISONS) REGULATION 1996 - REG 179B

179B Veterinary nurses

(1) To the extent necessary to practise veterinary nursing, a veterinary nurse who has successfully completed a certified course of training relating to the use of restricted drugs with animals is authorised to—

(a) possess a restricted drug at the place where the person practises veterinary nursing; or

(b) administer a restricted drug to an animal—

(i) under the supervision of a veterinary surgeon; or

(ii) if the restricted drug is a dispensed medicine, under the directions on the label attached to the dispensed medicine’s container.

(2) Subsection (3) applies to a person (a
"trainee" ) who is undergoing a course of training, the successful completion of which will qualify the trainee to practise as a veterinary nurse.

(3) To the extent necessary to undergo the course of training, the trainee is authorised to—

(a) possess a restricted drug under the direction of a veterinary nurse mentioned in subsection (1) at the place where the veterinary nurse practises veterinary nursing; and

(b) administer a restricted drug to an animal—

(i) under the personal supervision of a veterinary surgeon; or

(ii) if the restricted drug is a dispensed medicine, under the directions on the label attached to the dispensed medicine’s container.