New Zealand Acts

MEDICINES ACT 1981 - SECT 105A

105A Regulations relating to veterinarians and authorised prescribers who are not designated prescribers

1 Without limiting the generality of section 105(1)(d) , regulations may be made under that provision—

a) requiring any veterinarian, or authorised prescriber who is not a designated prescriber, or a specified class of such persons, before commencing for the first time to prescribe prescription medicines or prescription medicines of a specified class or description, to satisfy 1 or more of the following requirements:

i) to obtain any specified qualification or any qualification specified from time to time by notice in the Gazette by the Minister, or by the relevant professional organisation:

ii) to undertake specified training or any training specified from time to time by notice in the Gazette by the Minister, or by the relevant professional organisation:

iii) to demonstrate, to the satisfaction of the relevant professional organisation, that the person is sufficiently knowledgeable to safely prescribe prescription medicines or prescription medicines of a specified class or description:

b) requiring any veterinarian, or authorised prescriber who is not a designated prescriber, or any class of such persons, to undergo specified training or to undergo training specified from time to time by notice in the Gazette by the Minister, or by the relevant professional organisation (including training of an ongoing nature):

c) requiring any veterinarian, or authorised prescriber who is not a designated prescriber, or any class of such persons, to undergo an assessment of competence to prescribe prescription medicines of a specified class or description (including an assessment at regular intervals):

d) requiring any veterinarian, or authorised prescriber who is not a designated prescriber, or any class of such persons who prescribes prescription medicines of any specified class or description to undertake those duties under the supervision of a practitioner or a specified class of practitioner:

e) prohibiting any veterinarian, or authorised prescriber who is not a designated prescriber who fails to comply with any requirement imposed by or under regulations referred to in paragraphs (a) to (d) from prescribing prescription medicines or prescription medicines of any specified class or description.

2 In this section,
"relevant professional organisation" means,—

a) in the case of a veterinarian or any class of veterinarian, the Veterinary Council of New Zealand:

b) in any other case, the responsible authority for the health profession to which the person belongs.

History: Section 105A: inserted, on 15 October 1999, by section 15 of the Medicines Amendment Act 1999 (1999 No 117).   Section 105A heading: replaced, on 1 July 2014, by section 36(1) of the Medicines Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 141).     Section 105A(1)(a): amended, on 1 July 2014, by section 36(2) of the Medicines Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 141).     Section 105A(1)(b): amended, on 1 July 2014, by section 36(2) of the Medicines Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 141).     Section 105A(1)(c): amended, on 1 July 2014, by section 36(2) of the Medicines Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 141).     Section 105A(1)(c): amended, on 17 May 2005, by section 3 of the Medicines Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 60).     Section 105A(1)(d): amended, on 1 July 2014, by section 36(2) of the Medicines Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 141).     Section 105A(1)(e): amended, on 1 July 2014, by section 36(2) of the Medicines Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 141).     Section 105A(2)(a): replaced, on 1 July 2014, by section 36(3) of the Medicines Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 141).     Section 105A(2)(b): replaced, on 1 July 2014, by section 36(3) of the Medicines Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 141).