Victorian Consolidated Regulations

DRUGS, POISONS AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES REGULATIONS 2017 - REG 33

An authorised midwife must not write a chart instruction for a Schedule 4 poison or Schedule 8 poison on a hospital medication chart unless—

        (a)     the instruction is for the midwifery treatment of a person other than the midwife; and

        (b)     that person is—

              (i)     under the midwife's care; and

              (ii)     named in the instruction; and

        (c)     the midwife has taken all reasonable steps to ensure a therapeutic need exists for that poison; and

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

        (e)     if the poison is a drug of dependence or a Schedule 8 poison, the midwife has taken all reasonable steps to ascertain the identity of the person for whose treatment the instruction is given.

Penalty:     100 penalty units.