Queensland Consolidated Acts

POLICE POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ACT 2000 - SECT 445

445 Who are qualified persons

(1) This section states who are
"qualified persons" to perform forensic procedures.

(2) A doctor, dentist or forensic nurse examiner is a qualified person to perform an intimate forensic procedure and a non-intimate forensic procedure.

(3) A DNA sampler is a qualified person for taking a DNA sample.

(4) An authorised examiner is a qualified person to perform a non-intimate forensic procedure that is a non-medical examination.

(5) A police officer is a qualified person for taking identifying particulars.

(6) Without limiting subsections (2) to (5) , a person who is specifically authorised under this chapter to perform a procedure that is a forensic procedure is a qualified person to perform the forensic procedure.

(7) If a qualified person may take a person’s identifying particulars under this chapter, the qualified person may also photograph the person’s identifying particulars.