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Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances (Amendment) (Nurse Practitioners - Palliative Care) Regulations 2006

S.R. No. 16/2006

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

Regulation  Page

1.Objective

2.Authorising provisions

3.New category of nurse practitioner–palliative care

4.Amendment of Schedule 3

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STATUTORY RULES 2006

S.R. No. 16/2006

Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981

Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances (Amendment) (Nurse Practitioners - Palliative Care) Regulations 2006

The Governor in Council makes the following Regulations:

Dated: 22 February 2006

Responsible Minister:

BRONWYN PIKE
Minister for Health

JUSTINE FRANKLIN

Acting Clerk of the Executive Council

1.Objective

The objective of these Regulations is to amend the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Regulations 1995 to make provision for the obtaining and the possession, use, sale and supply of certain Schedule 2 poisons, Schedule 3 poisons, Schedule 4 poisons and Schedule 8 poisons by a new category of nurse practitioner under the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981.

2.Authorising provisions

These Regulations are made under sections 129, 132 and 132B of the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981.

3.New category of nurse practitioner–palliative care

After regulation 4A(3) of the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Regulations 1995[1], insert—

"(4)The prescribed Schedule 2 poisons, Schedule 3 poisons, Schedule 4 poisons and Schedule 8 poisons that a nurse practitioner whose registration is endorsed with the category of nurse practitioner–palliative care is authorised to obtain and have in his or her possession and to use, sell or supply are the poisons set out in Part 4 of Schedule 3.".

4.Amendment of Schedule 3

After Part 3 of Schedule 3 to the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Regulations 1995, insert—

"PART 4

NURSE PRACTITIONER–PALLIATIVE CARE

The prescribed poisons that a nurse practitioner–palliative care is authorised to obtain and have in his or her possession and to use, sell or supply are the substances listed below—

Schedule 2 poisons—

Aspirin
Atropa Belladonna
Atropine Sulphate
Codeine
Hyoscine Butylbromide
Ibuprofen
Loperamide
Miconazole
Naproxen
Nystatin
Pholcodine
Ranitidine

Schedule 3 poisons—

Codeine
Diphenoxylate
Diclofenac
Macrogol 3350
Nystatin
Miconazole
Metoclopramide
Prochlorperazine

Schedule 4 poisons—

Amitriptyline
Amphotericin
Aspirin
Atropine
Atropa Belladonna
Carbamazepine
Clonazepam
Codeine
Dexamethasone
Diazepam
Diclofenac
Diphenoxylate
Domperidone
Gabapentin
Haloperidol
Hyoscine
Ibuprofen
Loperamide
Lorazepam
Metoclopramide
Metronidazole
Miconazole
Midazolam
Naproxen
Naloxone
Nitrazepam
Nystatin
Omeprazole
Pantoprazole
Paracetamol
Pholcodine
Prednisolone
Prochlorperazine
Ranitidine

Sodium Valproate
Temazepam
Tramadol

Schedule 8 poisons—

Codeine
Fentanyl
Hydromorphone
Morphine
Oxycodone".

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[1]

Reg. 3: S.R. No. 63/1995.  Reprint No. 3 as at 1 November 2002. 

Reprinted to S.R. No. 86/2002.  Subsequently amended by S.R. Nos 67/2003, 43/2004, 44/2004, 150/2004, 39/2005 and 117/2005 and extended in operation by S.R. No. 40/2005.