Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this section-
(a) a pharmacist’s assistant shall not handle any specified Schedule 5 or Schedule 6 substance except as contemplated in subsection (5)(a) and (b); and
(b) no nurse or a person registered under the Health Professions Act, 1974, other than a medical practitioner or dentist, may prescribe a medicine or Scheduled substance unless he or she has been authorised to do so by his or her professional council concerned.
