Controlled Substances (Poisons) Variation Regulations 2007 (SA)

South Australia

Controlled Substances (Poisons) Variation Regulations 2007

under the Controlled Substances Act 1984

Contents

Part 1—Preliminary

1. Short title

2. Commencement

3. Variation provisions

Part 2—Variation of Controlled Substances (Poisons) Regulations 1996

1. Variation of regulation 4—Interpretation

2. Substitution of regulation 28

   28Prescribed professions (section 18(1))

3. Variation of Schedule I—S4 drugs that prescribed professionals may administer

4. Variation of Schedule J—S4 drugs that podiatric surgeons may prescribe, supply or administer

5. Insertion of Schedule JA

   Schedule JA—S4 drugs that optometrists with a therapeutic drugs authorisation may prescribe, supply or administer

Part 1—Preliminary

1—Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Controlled Substances (Poisons) Variation Regulations 2007.

2—Commencement

These regulations will come into operation on 22 October 2007.

3—Variation provisions

In these regulations, a provision under a heading referring to the variation of specified regulations varies the regulations so specified.

Part 2—Variation of Controlled Substances (Poisons) Regulations 1996

4—Variation of regulation 4—Interpretation

1. Regulation 4(1), definition of chiropodist—delete the definition

2. Regulation 4(1), definition of dental therapist—delete the definition and substitute:

   dental therapist means a person registered as a dental therapist under the Dental Practice Act 2001;

3. Regulation 4(1), definition of optometrist—delete the definition and substitute:

   optometrist means a person registered as an optometrist under the Optometry Practice Act 2007;

   podiatric surgeon means a person registered on the specialist register under the Podiatry Practice Act 2005 in the specialty of podiatric surgery;

   podiatrist means a person registered on the general register under the Podiatry Practice Act 2005;

5—Substitution of regulation 28

Regulation 28—delete the regulation and substitute:

28—Prescribed professions (section 18(1))

(1)Subject to the limitations set out in this regulation, the following professions are prescribed for the purposes of section 18(1)(b) of the Act:

(a)dental therapy;

(b)optometry;

(c)podiatry.

(2)The profession of nursing is prescribed for the purposes of section 18(1)(c) of the Act.

(3)Subject to subregulation (4), a dental therapist or podiatrist may only administer an S4 drug listed in clause 1 of Schedule I of these regulations.

(4)A podiatric surgeon may, for the purpose of podiatric treatment, prescribe, supply or administer an S4 drug listed in Schedule J of these regulations in a form and quantity that complies with that Schedule.

(5)Subject to subregulation (6), an optometrist may only administer an S4 drug listed in clause 2 of Schedule I of these regulations.

(6)An optometrist whose registration is endorsed with a therapeutic drugs authorisation under section 33 of the Optometry Practice Act 2007 may prescribe, supply or administer an S4 drug listed in Schedule JA of these regulations for topical ocular use in the treatment of abnormalities or disorders of the eye.

6—Variation of Schedule I—S4 drugs that prescribed professionals may administer

Schedule I, clause 1—delete "chiropodists or dental therapists" and substitute:

dental therapists or podiatrists

7—Variation of Schedule J—S4 drugs that podiatric surgeons may prescribe, supply or administer

1. Schedule J, clause 1—delete "supplied or prescribed by a surgical podiatrist" and substitute:

   prescribed, supplied or administered by a podiatric surgeon

2. Schedule J, clause 1(a)—delete "paracetemol" and substitute:

   paracetamol

3. Schedule J, clause 2—delete "surgical podiatrist" and substitute:

   podiatric surgeon

8—Insertion of Schedule JA

After Schedule J insert:

Schedule JA—S4 drugs that optometrists with a therapeutic drugs authorisation may prescribe, supply or administer

(Regulation 28)

1The following S4 drugs may be prescribed, supplied or administered for topical ocular use in the treatment of abnormalities or disorders of the eye by an optometrist whose registration is endorsed with a therapeutic drugs authorisation:

Aciclovir

Amethocaine

Apraclonidine

Atropine

Bacitracin

Betaxolol

Bimatoprost

Brimonidine

Brinzolamide

Carbachol

Chloramphenicol

Ciprofloxacin

Cyclopentolate

Dexamethasone

Diclofenac

Dipivefrine

Dorzolamide

Fluorometholone

Flurbiprofen

Framycetin

Gentamicin

Gramicidin

Homatropine

Hydrocortisone

Ketorolac

Ketotifen

Latanoprost

Levobunolol

Levocabastine

Lignocaine

Lodoxamide

Neomycin

Ofloxacin

Olopatadine

Oxybuprocaine

Phenylephrine

Pilocarpine

Polymyxin

Prednisolone

Proxymetacaine

Sodium cromoglycate

Tetracycline

Timolol

Tobramycin

Travoprost

Tropicamide

Note—

As required by section 10AA(2) of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1978, the Minister has certified that, in the Minister's opinion, it is necessary or appropriate that these regulations come into operation as set out in these regulations.

Made by the Governor

after consultation by the Minister with the Controlled Substances Advisory Council and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council

on 18 October 2007

No 243 of 2007

HEACS/07/217