HEALTH PRACTITIONER REGULATION NATIONAL LAW (NSW) - SECT 94
Endorsement for scheduled medicines
HEALTH PRACTITIONER REGULATION NATIONAL LAW (NSW) - SECT 94
Endorsement for scheduled medicines
94 Endorsement for scheduled medicines
(1) A National Board may, in
accordance with an approval given by the Ministerial Council under section 14,
endorse the registration of a registered health practitioner registered in a
health profession for which the Board is established, as being qualified to
administer, obtain, possess, prescribe, sell, supply or use a scheduled
medicine or class of scheduled medicines if the practitioner--
(a) holds
either of the following qualifications relevant to the endorsement--
(i) an
approved qualification;
(ii) another qualification that, in the Board's
opinion, is substantially equivalent to, or based on similar competencies to,
an approved qualification; and
(b) complies with any approved registration
standard relevant to the endorsement.
Note : The endorsement of a health
practitioner's registration under this section indicates the practitioner is
qualified to administer, obtain, possess, prescribe, sell, supply or use the
scheduled medicine or class of medicines specified in the endorsement but does
not authorise the practitioner to do so. The authorisation of a health
practitioner to administer, obtain, possess, prescribe, sell, supply or use
scheduled medicines in a participating jurisdiction will be provided for by or
under another Act of that jurisdiction.
Health practitioners registered in certain health professions will be
authorised to administer, obtain, possess, prescribe, sell, supply or use
scheduled medicines by or under an Act of a participating jurisdiction without
the need for the health practitioners to hold an endorsement under this Law.
(2) An endorsement under subsection (1) must state--
(a) the scheduled
medicine or class of scheduled medicines to which the endorsement relates; and
(b) whether the registered health practitioner is qualified to administer,
obtain, possess, prescribe, sell, supply or use the scheduled medicine or
class of scheduled medicines; and
(c) if the endorsement is for a limited
period, the date the endorsement expires.
