18—Regulation of prescription drugs—administration of certain
S4 drugs (section 18(1d)(a)(iii) of Act)
(1) For the purposes
of section 18(1d)(a)(iii) of the Act, a dental hygienist,
dental therapist, oral health therapist or podiatrist is authorised to
administer any of the following S4 drugs:
Articaine
Benzocaine
Bupivacaine
Levobupivacaine
Lignocaine
Mepivacaine
Prilocaine
Ropivacaine.
(2) For the purposes
of section 18(1d)(a)(iii) of the Act, an optometrist is authorised to
administer any of the following S4 drugs:
Eye drops containing 0.5% or less of amethocaine
Eye drops containing 1.0% or less of atropine sulphate
Eye drops containing 1.0% or less of cyclopentolate hydrochloride
Eye drops containing 2.0% or less of homatropine hydrobromide
Eye drops containing 0.5% or less of lignocaine
Eye drops containing 0.5% or less of oxybuprocaine
Eye drops containing 2.0% or less of pilocarpine nitrate
Eye drops containing 0.5% or less of proxymetacaine
Eye drops containing 1.0% or less of tropicamide.
(3) For the purposes
of section 18(1d)(a)(iii) of the Act, a registered health practitioner of
a class determined by the Minister may administer a prescription drug (not
being a drug of dependence) to a person if—
(a) the
registered health practitioner has successfully completed a training program
approved by the Minister from time to time for the purposes of this
subregulation; and
(b) the
drug is listed in the Vaccine Administration Code or is a drug approved by the
Minister from time to time for the purposes of this subregulation; and
(c) the
drug is administered as part of—
(i)
an immunisation program delivered by—
(A) an incorporated hospital; or
(B) SAAS; or
(C) a council or council subsidiary; or
(ii)
an immunisation program delivered by an organisation
approved by the Minister for the purposes of this subregulation; and
(d) the
drug is administered in accordance with—
(i)
the Vaccine Administration Code; and
(ii)
—
(A) in the case of a drug administered as
part of the National Immunisation Program—the
National Immunisation Program Schedule and the
Australian Immunisation Handbook ; or
(B) in any other case—requirements
specified by the Minister.
(4) In this
regulation—
"Australian Immunisation Handbook" means The Australian Immunisation Handbook
published by the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing, as in force
from time to time;
"National Immunisation Program Schedule" means the National
Immunisation Program Schedule published by the Commonwealth Department of
Health and Ageing, as in force from time to time.