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POISONS REGULATIONS 2018 - REG 82

Prescribed persons for section 38(1)(i) of Act

(1)  For the purposes of section 38(1)(i) of the Act –
(a) a person who is a dental therapist or an oral health therapist may, in the course of dental or oral health therapy, administer the following restricted substances to another person in the following specified circumstances:
(i) demeclocycline (demethylchlortetracycline), when used in dental preparations;
(ii) local anaesthetics, for use in dental treatment;
(iii) topical fluorides, when used in dental preparations;
(iv) triamcinolone acetonide, when used in dental preparations; and
(b) a person who is a registered nurse or midwife may, in the course of nursing practice or midwifery practice, administer to another person a substance listed in Schedule 2 or 3 to the Poisons List; and
(c) a person who is a registered nurse or midwife and who –
(i) has completed an educational program approved by the Secretary relating to the administration of vaccines; and
(ii) has been approved by the Secretary to administer vaccines independently –
may administer to another person a vaccine listed in Schedule 4 to the Poisons List in accordance with an immunisation program approved by the Director of Public Health; and
(d) a person –
(i) who is a pharmacist; and
(ii) who has been approved by the Secretary to administer vaccines independently; and
(iii) who has completed an educational program approved by the Secretary relating to the administration of vaccines –
may administer to another person, in accordance with an immunisation program approved by the Director of Public Health, a vaccine listed in Schedule 4 to the Poisons List; and
(e) a person who is a registered nurse or midwife and who satisfies the requirements of paragraph (c)(i) and (ii) may supervise the administration of a vaccine listed in Schedule 4 to the Poisons List in accordance with an immunisation program approved by the Director of Public Health, by another person who is a registered nurse, enrolled nurse, paramedic, midwife, pharmacist or provisionally registered pharmacist and who –
(i) is undertaking an educational program approved by the Secretary relating to the administration of vaccines; or
(ii) is authorised to administer the vaccine under regulation 54A ; and
(f) a person who is a pharmacist and who satisfies the requirements of paragraph (d)(iii) may supervise the administration of a vaccine, listed in Schedule 4 to the Poisons List, in accordance with an immunisation program approved by the Director of Public Health, by another person who is a pharmacist or provisionally registered pharmacist and who –
(i) is undertaking an educational program approved by the Secretary relating to the administration of vaccines; or
(ii) is authorised to administer the vaccine under regulation 54A ; and
(g) a person who is a speech pathologist employed in the State Service and who has undertaken an educational program approved by the Secretary, in relation to the administration of local anaesthetics may administer, in the course of speech pathology practice, a topical local anaesthetic listed in Schedule 2, 3 or 4 to the Poisons List.
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