South Australian Numbered Acts South Australian Numbered Acts34—Transportation for initial treatment
(a) a worker is injured at the worker's place of employment during the course of employment; and
(b) the injury is such as to require immediate medical treatment,
the employer must, at the employer's own expense, provide the worker with immediate transportation to a hospital or health practitioner for initial treatment.
(2) If an employer fails to provide transportation in accordance with subsection (1), the cost may be recovered by the Corporation from the employer as a debt due to the Corporation.
(3) An amount recovered by the Corporation under subsection (2) must, if the worker incurred costs in consequence of the employer's failure to provide transportation, be paid to the worker.
(4) If the cost of transportation provided by an employer (other than a self-insured employer) to a worker in accordance with subsection (1) exceeds an amount prescribed by the regulations, the employer is, on application to the Corporation in a manner and form approved by the Corporation, entitled to recover the excess from the Corporation.
(5) An amount prescribed by regulation under subsection (4) may, if the regulations so provide, be indexed so as to provide annual adjustments according to changes in the CPI.