New South Wales Consolidated Acts

POISONS AND THERAPEUTIC GOODS ACT 1966 - SECT 17A

17A Director-General may authorise nurse practitioners and midwife practitioners to possess, use, prescribe or supply substances

(1) The Director-General may, by means of a written authorisation, authorise a nurse practitioner, or class of nurse practitioners, to possess, use, supply or prescribe any poison or restricted substance for the purposes of the practice of a nurse practitioner’s profession.

(1A) The Director-General may, by means of a written authorisation, authorise a midwife practitioner, or a class of midwife practitioners, to possess, use, supply or prescribe any poison or restricted substance for the purposes of the practice of a midwife practitioner’s profession.

(2) Such an authority is to be given only if the Director-General approves guidelines, under section 78A of the Nurses and Midwives Act 1991 , that provide for the possession, use, supply or prescription of poisons or restricted substances by nurse practitioners or midwife practitioners and is to be given in accordance with those guidelines.

(3) The Director-General may amend or revoke any authorisation given under this section.