Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (South Australia) Act 2010

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National Board may, in accordance with an approval given by the

Ministerial Council under section 14, endorse the registration of a registered health practitioner registered in a health profession for which the Board is established as being qualified to administer, obtain, possess, prescribe, sell, supply or use a scheduled medicine or class of scheduled medicines if the practitioner—

holds either of the following qualifications relevant to the endorsement—

an approved qualification;

another qualification that, in the Board's opinion, is substantially equivalent to, or based on similar competencies to, an approved qualification; and

complies with any approved registration standard relevant to the endorsement.

Note—

The endorsement of a health practitioner's registration under this section indicates the practitioner is qualified to administer, obtain, possess, prescribe, sell, supply or use the scheduled medicine or class of medicines specified in the endorsement but does not authorise the practitioner to do so. The authorisation of a health practitioner to administer, obtain, possess, prescribe, sell, supply or use scheduled medicines in a participating jurisdiction will be provided for by or under another Act of that jurisdiction.

Health practitioners registered in certain health professions will be authorised to administer, obtain, possess, prescribe, sell, supply or use scheduled medicines by or under an Act of a participating jurisdiction without the need for the health practitioners to hold an endorsement under this Law.

An endorsement under subsection (1) must state—

the scheduled medicine or class of scheduled medicines to which the endorsement relates; and

whether the registered health practitioner is qualified to administer, obtain, possess, prescribe, sell, supply or use the scheduled medicine or class of scheduled medicines; and

if the endorsement is for a limited period, the date the endorsement expires.