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Notices under Section 29 of the Poisons and Dangerous Drugs Act allowing Dental Therapists, Nurses and Aboriginal Health Workers to possess and supply scheduled substances are attached below:
Most notices include a list of scheduled substance (medicines) which workers covered by the notice may initiate treatment with according to the protocols of the work area. Approved work areas, e.g. specified health centres, should have a copy of the approved list for staff in a readily accessible place.
Section 29 Notices
| Document Title | Sponsoring Area | Health Practitioner | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Section 29 Notices 2011-12-21 | Police/Community Health | Registered Nurses at listed Police stations and watchhouses | Dec 2011 |
| Section 29 Notices 2011-09-19 | Gove District Hospital Emergency Department | Registered Nurses employed at the Emergency Department of the Gove District Hospital | Sep 2011 |
| Section 29 Notices 2011-07-20 | Remote Health, DoH | Aboriginal Health Workers at health facilities specified in the notice | Jul 2011 |
| Section 29 Notices 2011-07-06 | Remote Health, DoH | Aboriginal Health Worker and Registered Nurses revocation against Gazette G40 of 2009-10-07 | Jul 2011 |
| Section 29 Notices 2011-07-06_2 | Remote Health, DoH | Registered Nurses at health facilities specified in the notice | Jul 2011 |
| Section 29 Notices 2010-11-17 | Dept of Defence | Registered Nurses at Robertson Barracks Medical Centre | Nov 2010 |
| Section 29 Notices 2010-07-08 | CDC | Registered Nurses at or from Remote/Indigenous Health Centres on list, Gove Hospital Emergency Dept and CDC Aboriginal Health Workers at or from Remote/Indigenous Health Centre on list, and CDC | Jul 2010 |
| Section 29 Notices 2010-06-28 | Acute Care | Registered Nurse at or from Care Flight Operations Centre Darwin Airport, Gove (Hangar) and Katherine (Hangar) | Jun 2010 |
| Section 29 Notices 2009-10-28 | Legal Services (Correction of drafting error in revocation notice Gazetted 7 October 2009) | Adding 29(4C) to revocation notice so that old Aboriginal Heatlh Worker notices are revoked before reissue | Oct 2009 |
| Section 29 Notices 2009-10-07 | CDC (2009 Vaccination update) | Aboriginal Health Worker at or from Health Centres in Major towns (Casuarina, Palmerston, Karama, Nightcliff, Nhulunbuy, Katherine, Tennant Creek, Alice Springs) Registered Nurse - NT Schools Registered Nurse at or from Health Centres in Major towns (Casuarina, Palmerston, Karama, Nightcliff, Nhulunbuy, Katherine, Tennant Creek, Alice Springs) | Oct 2009 |
| Section 29 Notices 2009-09-23 | Acute Care - RDH Wound Management | Nurse Practitioner - Jennifer Mary Byrnes | Sep 2009 |
| Section 29 Notices 2009-06-17 | National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre (NCCTRC) | Registered Nurse - First Intervention Medical Team, V8 Supercar event | Jun 2009 |
| Section 29 Notices 2009-05-07 | CDC | Registered Nurse - Darwin Airport, CDC, influenza clinic | May 2009 |
| Section 29 Notices 2009-04-08 | Community Midwifery Practice | Community Practice CCC Karama to Community Practice Casuarina | Apr 2009 |
| Section 29 Notices 2008-10-08 | Family Planning and Welfare Association NT Inc. | Registered Nurse - Family Planning Welfare | Oct 2008 |
| Section 29 Notices 2005-11-02 | Tobacco, Alcohol & Other Drugs Program | Registered Nurses - Alcohol and Other Drugs Services | Nov 2005 |
| Section 29 Notices 2005-10-19 | Home Birth Service of Dept of Health and Families | Registered Nurses - Home Birth Midwives | Oct 2005 |
| Section 29 Notices 2002-01-16 | Territory Palliative Care Service | Registered Nurses, Aboriginal Health Workers - Territory Palliative Care Service | Jan 2002 |
| Section 29 Notices 1995-03-22 | Tamarind Centre | Community Psychiatric Nurse | Mar 1995 |
| Section 29 Notices 1987-03-04 | Oral Health | Registered Dental Therapists | Mar 1987 |
Fact Sheets
| Document Title | Published | No. |
|---|---|---|
Remote Area Aboriginal Health Workers Possessing and Supplying Schedule 2,3 and 4 Substances | Oct 2011 | 311 |
| Remote Area Nurses Possessing and Supplying Schedule 2, 3, 4 and 8 Substances | Oct 2011 | 312 |
| Guidelines for Applications under PaDDA | Oct 2011 | 313 |
Please contact Poisons Control on 8922 7341 for information about updates to these notices and for section 29 notices applying to other areas of practice.
