Victorian Consolidated Regulations

DRUGS, POISONS AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES REGULATIONS 2017 - REG 137A

    (1)     An authorised registered nurse must not sell, supply or administer a Schedule 3 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.

Penalty:     100 penalty units.

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

Penalty:     50 penalty units.

Reg. 137B inserted by S.R. No. 13/2021 reg. 31.