Northern Territory Numbered Acts

HEALTH PRACTITIONER (NATIONAL UNIFORM LEGISLATION) IMPLEMENTATION ACT 2010 (NO 18 OF 2010) - SECT 15

After section 102

insert

102A     Offence to carry out radiographic procedure

    (1)     A person must not carry out a radiographic procedure unless the person:

    (a)     is a registered radiographer who holds a current practising certificate; and

    (b)     carries out the procedure at the direction of a medical practitioner.

Maximum penalty:     10 penalty units or imprisonment for 3 months.

    (2)     Subsection (1) does not apply if the person:

    (a)     is undergoing an approved course of training in radiographic procedures; and

    (b)     carries out the procedure at the direction of a medical practitioner:

        (i)     under the supervision of a registered radiographer who holds a current practising certificate; or

        (ii)     under a licence under the Radiation Protection Act .

    (3)     In addition, subsection (1) does not apply if:

    (a)     the person is a physiotherapist; and

    (b)     the procedure is the use of ultrasonic equipment to treat a condition of a part of another person's body; and

    (c)     the person carries out the procedure at the direction of a medical practitioner.

    (4)     In this section:

"physiotherapist" means a person registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law to practise in the physiotherapy profession (other than as a student).