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Health Regulations Amendment Regulations 2018

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Amends health and medicines regulations regarding skin penetration procedures and poison administration.

Details

Locations
Western Australia
Notice Date
13 November 2018
Effective Date
1 December 2018

Notice Text

These regulations amend the Health (Skin Penetration Procedure) Regulations 1998 and the Medicines and Poisons Regulations 2016. Key changes include deleting "and midwifery" from the definition of nurse, updating definitions related to structured administration and supply arrangements (SASA), and inserting definitions for endorsed midwife, enrolled nurse, medic, midwife, nurse practitioner, paramedic, and registered nurse. It also authorises medics to supply Schedule 2 or 3 poisons and administer, possess, or supply Schedule 4 or 8 poisons under certain conditions.

WA Government Gazette No. 172/2018 ยท 13 November 2018 ยท Page 3
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