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POISONS REGULATIONS 2018 - REG 54A

Administration of certain vaccines

(1)  For the purposes of section 47A of the Act, a registered nurse, enrolled nurse, paramedic, midwife, pharmacist or provisionally registered pharmacist may administer, subject to the conditions specified in subregulation (2) , a vaccine that is a restricted substance.
(2)  A person specified in subregulation (1) may only administer, under this regulation, a vaccine that is a restricted substance if –
(a) the Director of Public Health has approved the administration of the vaccine under this regulation; and
(b) the person is –
(i) a registered nurse, enrolled nurse, paramedic, midwife, pharmacist, or provisionally registered pharmacist, who has been approved by the Director of Public Health to administer the vaccine under this regulation; or
(ii) a member of a class of registered nurses, enrolled nurses, paramedics, midwives, pharmacists, or provisionally registered pharmacists, that has been approved by the Director of Public Health to administer the vaccine under this regulation; and
(c) the vaccine is administered in accordance with a vaccination program approved by the Director of Public Health; and
(d) the vaccine is administered under the supervision of –
(i) if the person administering the vaccine is a registered nurse, enrolled nurse, paramedic, midwife, pharmacist or provisionally registered pharmacist, a person who –
(A) is a registered nurse or midwife; and
(B) satisfies the requirements of regulation 82(1)(c) ; or
(ii) if the person administering the vaccine is a pharmacist or provisionally registered pharmacist, a pharmacist who satisfies the requirements of regulation 82(1)(d) .



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