Victorian Consolidated Regulations Victorian Consolidated Regulations(1) A provider must not transport a patient if the patient's condition is time critical or is likely to become time critical during the transport.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
(2) A provider must not transport a patient if the patient's condition does not require monitoring during the transport.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
(3) A provider must not transport a patient if the patient has cardiac-related chest pain during the 2 hours immediately before the proposed transport.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
(4) A provider must not transport a patient unless, immediately before the transport—
(a) clinical observations appropriate to the patient's medical condition have been made and recorded; and
(b) the patient's acuity is assessed by—
(i) a registered medical practitioner; or
(ii) a registered nurse; or
Reg. 10
(4)(b)(iii) substituted by S.R. No. 148/2021
reg. 6(1).
(iii) a
registered paramedic; and
(c) the patient is assessed by a person referred to in paragraph (b) as being haemodynamically stable for the duration of the transport.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
Reg. 10(5) amended by S.R. No. 148/2021 reg. 6(2).
(5) Despite anything to the contrary in this regulation, a patient may be transported in a vehicle if that course of action is recommended by any of the following persons working in the communications centre of Ambulance Service—Victoria as being necessary to avoid the possibility of the patient dying or suffering an adverse patient safety event were the patient required to wait for a different form of transport or for assessment—
(a) a registered medical practitioner;
(b) a registered nurse;
Reg. 10(5)(c) amended by S.R. No. 148/2021 reg. 6(3).
(c) a registered paramedic.
Division 3—Transporting patients
Reg. 11 substituted by S.R. No. 148/2021 reg. 7.