New South Wales Repealed Regulations New South Wales Repealed RegulationsThis legislation has been repealed.
(1) A physiotherapist must not, without reasonable excuse, fail to comply with the infection control standards set out in Schedule 2 to the extent that they apply to the physiotherapist in the practice of physiotherapy.
(2) In determining whether or not a physiotherapist has a reasonable excuse for failing to comply with a standard, particular consideration is to be given to the following:(a) whether the circumstances involved the provision of emergency treatment,(b) whether the physiotherapist's employer failed to provide the necessary equipment, including providing access to it and training in its use, that would have enabled the physiotherapist to comply with the standard (and whether the failure to provide such equipment was reported by the physiotherapist to the Director-General of the Department of Health).