Plain language law

New Zealand law explained for everyone

Medicines Act 1981

Miscellaneous provisions

105D: Regulations relating to delegated prescribers

You could also call this:

"Rules for People Allowed to Prescribe Medicines"

Illustration for Medicines Act 1981

You can have rules made about delegated prescribers. These rules can say who can prescribe medicines. They can also say what an authorised prescriber must do when giving a delegated prescribing order. You can have rules about what must be in a delegated prescribing order. These rules can also say what a delegated prescriber must do before they can prescribe medicines. This can include getting a qualification or doing training. You can have rules that say a delegated prescriber must keep doing training. They can also say a delegated prescriber must be checked to see if they are competent. If a delegated prescriber does not follow the rules, they may not be able to prescribe medicines.

This text is automatically generated. It might be out of date or be missing some parts. Find out more about how we do this.

This page was last updated on

View the original legislation for this page at https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=DLM6194404.

Topics:
Health and wellbeing > Healthcare services
Previous

105C: Orders in Council providing for exemption from, or modifications of, restrictions on pharmacy ownership and operation, or

"Rules about owning or running a pharmacy can be changed or exempted in special cases"

Next

105E: Power of Director-General to specify prescription medicines for delegated prescribers, or

"The boss of health can choose which medicines some helpers can prescribe."

Part 8Miscellaneous provisions

105DRegulations relating to delegated prescribers

  1. Without limiting the generality of section 105(1)(d) or (qaa), regulations may be made under section 105(1)(qaa)—

  2. granting delegated prescribing rights to any class of registered health professional:
    1. regulating the issue of delegated prescribing orders by authorised prescribers:
      1. specifying the responsibilities of authorised prescribers who issue delegated prescribing orders:
        1. imposing conditions, limitations, requirements, or restrictions in relation to the contents of delegated prescribing orders and their use:
          1. requiring any person who belongs to any class of registered health professional with delegated prescribing rights, or a specified class of those persons, before commencing to prescribe prescription medicines or prescription medicines of a specified class or description under a delegated prescribing order, to satisfy 1 or more of the following requirements:
            1. to obtain any specified qualification or any qualification specified from time to time by notice in the Gazette by the Minister, or by the responsible authority:
              1. to undertake specified training or any training specified from time to time by notice in the Gazette by the Minister, or by the responsible authority:
                1. to demonstrate, to the satisfaction of the responsible authority, that the person is sufficiently knowledgeable to safely prescribe prescription medicines or prescription medicines of a specified class or description:
                2. requiring any delegated prescriber or any class of delegated prescriber to undergo specified training or to undergo training specified from time to time by notice in the Gazette by the Minister, or by the responsible authority (including training of an ongoing nature):
                  1. requiring any delegated prescriber or any class of delegated prescriber to undergo an assessment of competence to prescribe prescription medicines of a specified class or description (including an assessment at regular intervals):
                    1. prohibiting any person who fails to comply with any requirement imposed by or under regulations referred to in paragraphs (e) to (g) from prescribing prescription medicines or prescription medicines of any specified class or description.

                      Notes
                      • Section 105D: inserted, on , by section 37 of the Medicines Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 141).