Tasmanian Numbered Regulations

AMBULANCE SERVICE (NON-EMERGENCY PATIENT TRANSPORT) REGULATIONS 2019 (S.R. 2019, NO. 57)

- (S.R. 2019, NO. 57)

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1 - Preliminary

   1.      Short title
   2.      Commencement
   3.      Interpretation

   PART 2 - NEPT Services

           Division 1 - General

   4.      Application of Part

           Division 2 - NEPT patients

   5.      Criteria for patients
   6.      Assessment of patients
   7.      Meaning of low-acuity patient
   8.      Meaning of medium-acuity patient

           Division 3 - Provision of non-emergency patient transport services

   9.      Accepting patient for non-emergency patient transport services
   10.     Certain persons not to be provided with non-emergency patient transport services
   11.     Provision of non-emergency patient transport services
   12.     Completion of non-emergency patient transport services
   13.     Transfer of patients in certain circumstances
   14.     NEPT Service details to be provided to patient on request

           Division 4 - Administrative requirements for NEPT ServiceSubdivision 1 - Clinical governance

   15.     Clinical governance committee
   16.     Infection prevention, control and hygiene standards
   17.     Quality assurance plans
   18.     Audits
   19.     Qualifications and experience of crew members generally
   20.     Provision of unsupervised non-emergency patient transport services
   21.     Identification of crew members
   22.     Staffing of NEPT vehicles
   23.     Training requirements for crew members
   24.     NEPT vehicles
   25.     Portable equipment
   26.     Maintenance of equipment
   27.     Standard of record keeping
   28.     Incident reporting
   29.     General reporting
   30.     Patient care records
   31.     Staff records
   32.     Maintenance records
   33.     Insurance
   34.     Advertising
   35.     Costs of compliance with Act

   PART 3 - Miscellaneous

   36.     Fees
   37.     Infringement offences
           SCHEDULE 1
           SCHEDULE 2