Administering of antibiotics

(1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, an antibiotic shall not be administered to any person except by or under the direction of a medical practitioner or dentist. (2) In a case of emergency an antibiotic may be administered by a nurse who is a state registered nurse in the United Kingdom or who has received her certificate after a course of training in a Government Hospital in Belize or in a Government Hospital of any other country approved by order of the Minister. (3) The Chairperson of the Committee may, on the advice of the Committee and with the approval of the Minister, give to a nurse who has received her training in a country other than one specified in this section, authority in writing to administer an antibiotic in any case of emergency.