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Administration of medication

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Part 4Operational requirements
Division 5Administration of medication

62 Administration of medication

(1)

The approved provider of a children's service must ensure that medication is not administered to a child being educated and cared for by the service unless—

(a)

that administration is authorised; and

(b)

the medication is administered in accordance with regulation 64 or 65.

Penalty: 10 penalty units.

(2)

The approved provider of a children's service must ensure that written notice is given to a parent or other family member of a child as soon as practicable if medication is administered to the child under an authorisation referred to in subregulation (4)(b).

Penalty: 5 penalty units.

(3)

A nominated supervisor of a children's service must ensure that medication is not administered to a child being educated and cared for by the service unless—

(a)

that administration is authorised; and

(b)

the medication is administered in accordance with regulation 64 or 65.

Penalty: 10 penalty units.

(4)

In this regulation the administration of medication to a child is authorised if an authorisation to administer the medication—

(a)

is recorded in the medication record for that child under regulation 61; or

(b)

in the case of an emergency, is given verbally by—

(i)

a parent or a person named in the child's enrolment record as authorised to consent to administration of medication; or

(ii)

if a parent or person named in the enrolment record cannot reasonably be contacted in the circumstances, a registered medical practitioner or emergency service personnel.

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