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RAIL SAFETY (NATIONAL UNIFORM LEGISLATION) REGULATIONS (NO 1 OF 2013) - REG 7

Procedures relating to blood analysis – health practitioners

    (1)     A health practitioner who, under Part 4 of the Act, takes a sample of blood from a worker must do the following:

(a)     divide the sample into 2 approximately equal portions;

(b)     place each portion into a separate container;

(c)     seal each of the containers;

(d)     mark each of the containers with the sample's identification number.

    (2)     On complying with subregulation (1), the health practitioner must sign a certificate specifying the following:

(a)     the identification number marked on the containers;

(b)     the name and address of the worker from whom the sample was taken (to the extent known);

(c)     the name of the health practitioner, and whether he or she is a medical practitioner, a registered nurse or a qualified person;

(d)     the date and time when, and place where, the sample was taken.

    (3)     The health practitioner must then:

(a)     make one of the containers and the signed certificate available to the authorised person (who must give it to, or retain it on behalf of, the Regulator); and

(b)     give the other container to the worker or the worker's representative, or retain it on behalf of the worker.



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