Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

POISONS REGULATIONS 1965 - REG 37B

37B .         Appendix B vaccines, exemptions for

        (1)         Under section 21A of the Act, a Schedule 4 poison is exempt from the operation of sections 23(1) and 32(c) of the Act and regulations 33 and 36 if —

            (a)         it is contained in a vaccine listed in Appendix B; and

            (b)         the vaccine is administered to a person by a registered nurse in the course of the nurse’s employment —

                  (i)         in the Department (as defined in the Hospitals and Health Services Act 1927 section 2(1)); or

                  (ii)         by a board (as defined in the Hospitals and Health Services Act 1927 section 2(1));

                and

            (c)         the vaccine is administered in accordance with the code for the administration of the vaccine approved by the CEO and published on the department’s website.

        Note:         The department’s website address is .

        (2)         The exemption in subregulation (1) applies only to the extent that the provisions in respect of which it applies relate to the supply of a poison.

        [Regulation 37B inserted in Gazette 26 Mar 2010 p. 1146‑7.]

[Heading deleted in Gazette 12 Aug 2003 p. 3663.]