Poisons Amendment (Nurse Practitioner) Regulations 2005 (TAS)

Poisons Amendment (Nurse Practitioner) Regulations 2005

I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following regulations under the Poisons Act 1971 .28 November 2005

W. J. E. COX

Governor

By His Excellency’s Command,

D. E. Llewellyn

Minister for Health and Human Services

1Short titleThese regulations may be cited as the Poisons Amendment (Nurse Practitioner) Regulations 2005 . 2CommencementThese regulations take effect on the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette. 3Principal RegulationsIn these regulations, the Poisons Regulations 2002 are referred to as the Principal Regulations. 4Regulation 61 amended (Minister's authorisation for possession and supply of restricted substances) Regulation 61 of the Principal Regulations is amended as follows: (a) by omitting from paragraph (d) "practitioner." and substituting "practitioner;"; (b) by inserting the following paragraph after paragraph (d) : (e) where the registered nurse is authorised under the Nursing Act 1995 to practise as a nurse practitioner.

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.

Notified in the Gazette on 7 December 2005

These regulations are administered in the Department of Health and Human Services.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the regulation) These regulations amend the