Administration of medication
62 Administration of medication
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—
that administration is authorised; and
the medication is administered in accordance with regulation 64 or 65.
Penalty: 10 penalty units.
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.
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—
that administration is authorised; and
the medication is administered in accordance with regulation 64 or 65.
Penalty: 10 penalty units.
In this regulation the administration of medication to a child is authorised if an authorisation to administer the medication—
is recorded in the medication record for that child under regulation 61; or
in the case of an emergency, is given verbally by—
a parent or a person named in the child's enrolment record as authorised to consent to administration of medication; or
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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