(1)  In this section –

parent includes a guardian or other person having the care or control of a Polytechnic student;

post-Year 10 education and training means education and training that is usually undertaken by persons following the completion of the year of secondary education commonly known as Year 10, but does not include higher education, within the meaning of the Tasmanian Qualifications Authority Act 2003 ;

TasTAFE employee means a person appointed or employed for the purposes of TasTAFE, as specified in section 69 of the Training and Workforce Development Act 2013 .

(2)  A person may administer, or make available for self-administration, to a TasTAFE student a medicinal poison, potent substance, restricted substance or narcotic substance if –

(a) the person administering making available the poison or substance –

(i) is a TasTAFE employee; and

(ii) is acting –

(A) with the authority of the TasTAFE chief executive officer; and

(B) in accordance with guidelines approved by the TasTAFE chief executive officer; and

(b) the TasTAFE student is incapable of safely administering the poison or substance to himself or herself or needs assistance with self-administration; and

(c) in the case of a medicinal poison, the poison has been lawfully supplied and the administration is in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions; and

(d) in the case of a potent substance, the substance has been lawfully supplied and the administration is in accordance with the instructions of a medical practitioner, dentist, pharmaceutical chemist, authorised nurse practitioner or authorised health professional; and

(e) in the case of a restricted substance, the substance has been lawfully prescribed and supplied for the TasTAFE student to whom it is being administered or made available and the administration is in accordance with the directions of a medical practitioner, dentist, authorised health professional or authorised nurse practitioner; and

(f) in the case of a narcotic substance, the substance has been lawfully prescribed and supplied for the TasTAFE student to whom it is being administered or made available and the administration is in accordance with the directions of a medical practitioner, dentist, authorised health professional or authorised nurse practitioner; and

(g) in the case of a narcotic substance, the storage and recording of the substance is in accordance with the guidelines referred to in paragraph (a)(ii)(B) .

(3)  The guidelines referred to in subregulation (2)(a)(ii)(B) must include the following:

(a) the form or method of authorisation that is to be given by a parent, medical practitioner, dentist, authorised health professional or authorised nurse practitioner;

(b) storage and recording requirements for a medicinal poison, potent substance, restricted substance or narcotic substance;

(c) protocols for the administration orally, subcutaneously or by any other means of a medicinal poison, potent substance, restricted substance or narcotic substance;

(d) protocols for dealing with narcotics specified in Schedule 8 to the Poisons List;

(e) information on the appropriate disposal of an unused medicinal poison, potent substance, restricted substance or narcotic substance.