Misuse of Drugs Amendment Regulations 2005
Misuse of Drugs Amendment Regulations 2005
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Misuse of Drugs Amendment Regulations 2005
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Misuse of Drugs Amendment Regulations 2005
Note
These regulations are administered in the Ministry of Health.
Pursuant to section 37 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975, Her Excellency the Governor-General, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council, makes the following regulations.
Contents
1 Title
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(1) These regulations are the Misuse of Drugs Amendment Regulations 2005.
(2) In these regulations, the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 19771 are called
“the principal regulations”
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2 Commencement
These regulations come into force on 1 November 2005.
3 New regulation 12A substituted
The principal regulations are amended by revoking regulation 12A, and substituting the following regulation:
“12A Authority for designated prescriber nurses to prescribe certain controlled drugs in certain circumstances
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“(1) A designated prescriber nurse is, for the purposes of section 8(2A)(a) of the Act, authorised by this regulation to prescribe a controlled drug specified in Schedule 1A (and so may, under section 8(2A)(a) of the Act, prescribe, supply, or administer the controlled drug).
“(2) The authority given by subclause (1) is subject to sections 22 to 25 of the Act and to any prohibitions, limitations, restrictions, or conditions imposed by or under those sections or any regulations made under the Act (for example, the restrictions in regulation 21(4B)).”
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4 New Schedule 1A substituted
5 Consequential revocation
The Misuse of Drugs Amendment Regulations 2001 (SR 2001/231) are consequentially revoked.
Schedule |
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Schedule 1A
Controlled drugs that designated prescriber nurses may prescribe in certain circumstancesr 12A(1)
A reference in this schedule to a substance is a reference to the substance in every compound, form, mixture, preparation, or substance that the substance is a controlled drug under the Act. 1 Alfentanil 2 Alprazolam 3 Amphetamine 4 Bromazepam 5 Buprenorphine 6 Chlordiazepoxide 7 Clobazam 8 Clonazepam 9 Clorazepate 10 Cocaine 11 Codeine 12 Dextromoramide 13 Diazepam 14 Dihydrocodeine 15 Diphenoxylate 16 Dipipanone 17 Ephedrine 18 Fentanyl 19 Flurazepam 20 Hydromorphone 21 Loprazolam 22 Lorazepam 23 Lormetazepam 24 Meprobamate 25 Methadone 26 Methylphenidate 27 Midazolam 28 Morphine 29 Nabilone 30 Nitrazepam 31 Oxazepam 32 Oxycodone 33 Oxymorphone 34 Pethidine 35 Phenazocine 36 Pholcodine 37 Propoxyphene 38 Pseudoephedrine 39 Remifentanil 40 Sufentanil 41 Temazepam 42 Triazolam
Diane Morcom,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
Explanatory note
This note is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate their general effect.
These regulations come into force on 1 November 2005.
They amend the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 1977 to
•expand the list (of controlled drugs designated prescriber nurses may be authorised to prescribe) in Schedule 1A; and
•remove references in Schedule 1A to the Medicines (Designated Prescriber: Nurses Practising in Aged Care and Child Family Health) Regulations 2001; and
•remove references to restrictions imposed by those regulations.
The references are removed as those regulations are revoked by, and those restrictions are not continued in, the Medicines (Designated Prescriber: Nurse Practitioners) Regulations 2005.
Issued under the authority of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989.
Date of notification in Gazette: 15 September 2005.
1 SR 1977/37
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