New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

HEALTH PROFESSIONALS (SPECIAL EVENTS EXEMPTION) REGULATION 1998 - REG 5

5 Exemption condition-possession or supply of illegal substances

(1) The object of this clause is to impose a condition, pursuant to section 9 of the Act, on the provision of health care services by a visiting health professional.

(2) A visiting health professional must not, in the course of providing health care services, possess or supply any substance that cannot be possessed or supplied by any local health professional under the Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 or the Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 1966 .

(3) A "local health professional" is a person who is registered under a Health Registration Act and is not a visiting health professional.

Note: Section 9 of the Act allows the regulations to make provision for or with respect to conditions to be imposed on the provision of health care services by visiting health professionals. A visiting health professional is authorised to provide health care services under the Act only while the visiting health professional is complying with the conditions of that authorisation (see section 8 of the Act).