Title: Controlled Substances (Poisons) VariationRegulations 2007
Subject: Controlled SubstancesAct 1984
Author: Office of Parliamentary Counsel
Category: public
Document comments: 243

No 243 of 2007 published in Gazette 18.10.2007 p 4009

Controlled Substances (Poisons) Variation Regulations 2007

Controlled Substances (Poisons) Variation Regulations 2007
Part 1—Preliminary

Controlled Substances (Poisons) Variation Regulations 2007
Preliminary—Part 1

Controlled Substances (Poisons) Variation Regulations 2007
Part 2—Variation of Controlled Substances (Poisons) Regulations 1996

Controlled Substances (Poisons) Variation Regulations 2007
Variation of Controlled Substances (Poisons) Regulations 1996—Part 2

South Australia
Controlled Substances (Poisons) Variation Regulations 2007
under the Controlled Substances Act 1984

Contents
Part 1—Preliminary
1	Short title
2	Commencement
3	Variation provisions
Part 2—Variation of Controlled Substances (Poisons) Regulations 1996
4	Variation of regulation 4—Interpretation
5	Substitution of regulation 28
28	Prescribed professions (section 18(1))
6	Variation of Schedule I—S4 drugs that prescribed professionals may administer
7	Variation of Schedule J—S4 drugs that podiatric surgeons may prescribe, supply or administer
8	Insertion of Schedule JA
Schedule JA—S4 drugs that optometrists with a therapeutic drugs authorisation may prescribe, supply or administer

Part 1—Preliminary
1—Short title
These regulations may be cited as the Controlled Substances (Poisons) Variation Regulations 2007.
2—Commencement
These regulations will come into operation on 22 October 2007.
3—Variation provisions
In these regulations, a provision under a heading referring to the variation of specified regulations varies the regulations so specified.

Part 2—Variation of Controlled Substances (Poisons) Regulations 1996
4—Variation of regulation 4—Interpretation
	(1)	Regulation 4(1), definition of chiropodist—delete the definition
	(2)	Regulation 4(1), definition of dental therapist—delete the definition and substitute:
dental therapist means a person registered as a dental therapist under the Dental Practice Act 2001;
	(3)	Regulation 4(1), definition of optometrist—delete the definition and substitute:
optometrist means a person registered as an optometrist under the Optometry Practice Act 2007;
podiatric surgeon means a person registered on the specialist register under the Podiatry Practice Act 2005 in the specialty of podiatric surgery;
podiatrist means a person registered on the general register under the Podiatry Practice Act 2005;
5—Substitution of regulation 28
Regulation 28—delete the regulation and substitute:
28—Prescribed professions (section 18(1))
	(1)	Subject to the limitations set out in this regulation, the following professions are prescribed for the purposes of section 18(1)(b) of the Act:
	(a)	dental therapy;
	(b)	optometry;
	(c)	podiatry.
	(2)	The profession of nursing is prescribed for the purposes of section 18(1)(c) of the Act.
	(3)	Subject to subregulation (4), a dental therapist or podiatrist may only administer an S4 drug listed in clause 1 of Schedule I of these regulations.
	(4)	A podiatric surgeon may, for the purpose of podiatric treatment, prescribe, supply or administer an S4 drug listed in Schedule J of these regulations in a form and quantity that complies with that Schedule.
	(5)	Subject to subregulation (6), an optometrist may only administer an S4 drug listed in clause 2 of Schedule I of these regulations.
	(6)	An optometrist whose registration is endorsed with a therapeutic drugs authorisation under section 33 of the Optometry Practice Act 2007 may prescribe, supply or administer an S4 drug listed in Schedule JA of these regulations for topical ocular use in the treatment of abnormalities or disorders of the eye.
6—Variation of Schedule I—S4 drugs that prescribed professionals may administer
Schedule I, clause 1—delete "chiropodists or dental therapists" and substitute:
dental therapists or podiatrists
7—Variation of Schedule J—S4 drugs that podiatric surgeons may prescribe, supply or administer
	(1)	Schedule J, clause 1—delete "supplied or prescribed by a surgical podiatrist" and substitute:
prescribed, supplied or administered by a podiatric surgeon
	(2)	Schedule J, clause 1(a)—delete "paracetemol" and substitute:
paracetamol
	(3)	Schedule J, clause 2—delete "surgical podiatrist" and substitute:
podiatric surgeon
8—Insertion of Schedule JA
After Schedule J insert:
Schedule JA—S4 drugs that optometrists with a therapeutic drugs authorisation may prescribe, supply or administer
(Regulation 28)
1	The following S4 drugs may be prescribed, supplied or administered for topical ocular use in the treatment of abnormalities or disorders of the eye by an optometrist whose registration is endorsed with a therapeutic drugs authorisation:
Aciclovir
Amethocaine
Apraclonidine
Atropine
Bacitracin
Betaxolol
Bimatoprost
Brimonidine
Brinzolamide
Carbachol
Chloramphenicol
Ciprofloxacin
Cyclopentolate
Dexamethasone
Diclofenac
Dipivefrine
Dorzolamide
Fluorometholone
Flurbiprofen
Framycetin
Gentamicin
Gramicidin
Homatropine
Hydrocortisone
Ketorolac
Ketotifen
Latanoprost
Levobunolol
Levocabastine
Lignocaine
Lodoxamide
Neomycin
Ofloxacin
Olopatadine
Oxybuprocaine
Phenylephrine
Pilocarpine
Polymyxin
Prednisolone
Proxymetacaine
Sodium cromoglycate
Tetracycline
Timolol
Tobramycin
Travoprost
Tropicamide
Note—
As required by section 10AA(2) of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1978, the Minister has certified that, in the Minister's opinion, it is necessary or appropriate that these regulations come into operation as set out in these regulations.
Made by the Governor
after consultation by the Minister with the Controlled Substances Advisory Council and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council
on 18 October 2007
No 243 of 2007
HEACS/07/217