A senior practitioner who is a doctor or registered nurse, or a doctor or registered nurse acting under the direction of a senior practitioner who is a doctor or registered nurse, may administer behaviour control medication to a forensic disability client detained in the forensic disability service if—
(a) a psychiatrist prescribes the medication as a regulated behaviour control for the client; and
(b) the medication is administered in accordance with the psychiatrist's directions, including directions about the dose, route and frequency of the medication and any restrictions on its use; and
Note—
See also chapter 12, part 1 for the use of other medication on a forensic disability client.
(c) the client is observed in accordance with the psychiatrist's directions.