Authorisation for pharmacist and intern pharmacist to administer vaccine without prescription—Act, s 37 (1) (b)
352 Authorisation for pharmacist and intern pharmacist to administer vaccine without prescription—Act, s 37 (1) (b)
A pharmacist is authorised to administer a vaccine to a person without prescription if the pharmacist administers the vaccine in accordance with a direction by the chief health officer.
An intern pharmacist is authorised to administer a vaccine to a person without prescription if—
the intern pharmacist administers the vaccine in accordance with a direction by the chief health officer; and
the intern pharmacist is under the direct supervision of a pharmacist authorised to administer a vaccine under subsection (1).
The chief health officer may give directions for the administration of a vaccine to a person without prescription by a pharmacist or intern pharmacist.
A direction is a disallowable instrument.
In this section:
vaccine means—
a vaccine for human therapeutic use to which the medicines and poisons standard, schedule 4 applies; and
a vaccine specified separately under that schedule for human therapeutic use.
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