Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) Under
section 21A of the Act, H1N1 Pandemic Influenza Vaccine is exempt from
the operation of sections 23(1) and 32(c) of the Act and regulations 33
and 36 —
(a) if
the vaccine is administered to a person by a registered nurse in the course of
his or her employment —
(i)
in the Department (as defined in the
Hospitals and Health Services Act 1927 section 2(1)); or
(ii)
by a board (as defined in the
Hospitals and Health Services Act 1927 section 2(1));
and
(b) to
the extent, and only to the extent, that those provisions relate to the supply
of a poison.
(2) A registered nurse
is to make a record in a form approved by the CEO of every occasion on which
he or she administers H1N1 Pandemic Influenza Vaccine to a person.
(3) A record required
to be made under subregulation (2) is to include —
(a) the
name, quantity and batch number of the vaccine administered;
(b) the
name, address, date of birth and gender of the person to whom the vaccine was
administered;
(c) the
date on which the vaccine was administered;
(d) the
registered nurse’s name and signature.
(4) The records must
be kept for at least 2 years from the date on which the vaccine was
administered.
[Regulation 37A inserted in Gazette
25 Sep 2009 p. 3747.]
[Heading deleted in Gazette 12 Aug 2003 p. 3663.]