Victorian Consolidated Regulations

DRUGS, POISONS AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES REGULATIONS 2017 - REG 32A

A nurse practitioner must not write a chart instruction on a residential medication chart unless—

        (a)     in the case of a Schedule 4 poison or a Schedule 8 poison—

              (i)     the instruction is for the treatment of a person other than the nurse practitioner; and

              (ii)     that person is—

    (A)     under the nurse practitioner's care; and

    (B)     named in the instruction; and

              (iii)     the nurse practitioner has taken all reasonable steps to ensure a therapeutic need exists for that poison; and

              (iv)     the instruction is given not merely for the purpose of supporting the drug dependence of a person; and

        (b)     in the case of a Schedule 4 poison that is a drug of dependence, or a Schedule 8 poison, the nurse practitioner has taken all reasonable steps to ascertain the identity of the person for whose treatment the instruction is given; and

        (c)     in the case of a Schedule 8 poison, the residential medication chart is an electronic medication chart.

Penalty:     100 penalty units.

Note

This regulation prohibits a nurse practitioner from writing a chart instruction on a residential medication chart for a Schedule 8 poison if the residential medication chart is in paper form.