Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Health Professions Registration Act 2005 - SECT 20

Endorsement of registration for nurse practitioners

20. Endorsement of registration for nurse practitioners



(1) If the Nurses Board of Victoria is satisfied that a nurse registered under
Division 1, 3 or 4 of the register maintained by the Board is qualified to use
the title nurse practitioner, the Board may endorse the registration of the
nurse that he or she is qualified to use the title nurse practitioner and
specify in the endorsement the category or categories of nurse practitioner
recognised by the Board with respect to which the nurse practitioner is
qualified to use the title.

(2) If the Board is satisfied that a registered nurse referred to in
subsection (1) is qualified to obtain and have in his or her possession and to
use, sell or supply the Schedule 2, 3, 4 and 8 poisons within the meaning of
the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981 that are approved by the
Minister under that Act with respect to a category of nurse practitioner, the
Board may endorse the registration of the nurse with that category of nurse
practitioner and specify in the endorsement the approved Schedule 2, 3, 4 or 8
poisons that the nurse practitioner is qualified to obtain and to have in his
or her possession and to use, sell or supply subject to that Act and the
regulations under that Act.

(3) An applicant for registration as a nurse under Division 1, 3 or 4 of the
register maintained by the Board or a nurse registered under Division 1, 3 or
4 of the register may apply to the Board for an endorsement under this
section.

(4) The Board must ensure that, if any category of nurse practitioner is
recognised by the Board for the purposes of endorsement of registration as a
nurse practitioner under subsection (1), the category of nurse practitioner is
published in the Government Gazette, on a website on the Internet maintained
by or on behalf of the Board and in any relevant publication circulating among
nurses generally.

(5) The Board must not specify any Schedule 2, 3, 4 or 8 poison in an
endorsement under subsection (2) for any category of nurse practitioner unless
the poison is, or is of a class or type of poison, approved by the Minister
for that category under section 14A of the
Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981 for the purposes of this
section.