Victorian Consolidated Regulations

DRUGS, POISONS AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES REGULATIONS 2017 - REG 133B

    (1)     Subject to this regulation, an approved registered nurse is authorised to sell, supply and administer a Schedule 2 poison.

    (2)     An approved registered nurse must not sell, supply or administer a Schedule 2 poison unless—

        (a)     that poison is for the treatment of a person under the nurse's care; and

        (b)     if the poison is a drug of dependence, the nurse has taken all reasonable steps to ascertain the identity of the person who is to be treated; and

        (c)     the sale, supply or administration is in accordance with an approval under regulation 161B.

Penalty:     100 penalty units.

    (3)     An approved registered nurse must not sell, supply or administer a Schedule 2 poison unless the nurse has taken all reasonable steps to ensure a therapeutic need exists for that poison.

Penalty:     50 penalty units.

Reg. 133C inserted by S.R. No. 13/2021 reg. 29.