Authorisation for administration of medicines by assistants—Act, s 37 (1) (b)
361 Authorisation for administration of medicines by assistants—Act, s 37 (1) (b)
A person (the assistant) is authorised to administer a medicine to someone else (the assisted person) if—
the medicine is obtained by or for the assisted person from someone who is authorised to supply the medicine to the assisted person; and
the medicine is administered in accordance with the directions on the medicine’s labelling; and
if the assisted person is not a person under a legal disability—the assisted person asks for the assistant’s help to take the medicine; and
if the assisted person is a person under a legal disability—the assistant is authorised by the assisted person’s parent or guardian to administer the medicine.
In this section:
impaired decision-making ability—a person has impaired decision‑making ability if the person’s decision-making ability is impaired because of a physical, mental, psychological or intellectual condition or state, whether or not the condition or state is a diagnosable illness.
person under a legal disability means—
a child; or
a person with impaired decision-making ability in relation to a matter relating to the person’s health.
Chapter 6 Obtaining and possessing medicines
Note An endorsed health practitioner may be authorised to obtain and possess a medicine in accordance with an endorsement of the health practitioner’s registration (see s 490).
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