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Medicines Act 1981

Dealings with medicines and medical devices - Miscellaneous provisions

47A: Effect of grant of delegated prescribing rights

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"What happens when a health worker is allowed to prescribe medicines"

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You can get delegated prescribing rights if regulations say so. These rights let a health professional prescribe certain medicines. They must follow the rules set by the regulations. You can be given a delegated prescribing order by an authorised prescriber. This order lets you prescribe certain medicines, as long as you follow the rules. The rules are set out in the order and the regulations. The regulations are made under sections 105(1)(qaa) and 105D. They say what medicines you can prescribe and how you can prescribe them. You must always follow these rules when prescribing medicines.

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Part 2Dealings with medicines and medical devices
Miscellaneous provisions

47AEffect of grant of delegated prescribing rights

  1. If regulations made under sections 105(1)(qaa) and 105D grant delegated prescribing rights to a class of registered health professional,—

  2. an authorised prescriber who is not a designated prescriber may, in accordance with the regulations, issue a delegated prescribing order to a specified person belonging to that class of registered health professional; and
    1. the person to whom the delegated prescribing order is issued (the delegated prescriber) may prescribe specified prescription medicines, or a specified class or description of prescription medicines, in accordance with the terms of his or her delegated prescribing order.

      Notes
      • Section 47A: inserted, on , by section 24 of the Medicines Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 141).