Victorian Consolidated Regulations

NON-EMERGENCY PATIENT TRANSPORT REGULATIONS 2016 - REG 13

    (1)     When a high acuity patient is transported, a provider must ensure that—

        (a)     a suitably qualified and competent crew member travels in the patient compartment with the high acuity patient for the duration of the transport; and

        (b)     the high acuity patient is not left unattended at any time while in the vehicle.

Penalty:     20 penalty units.

    (2)     A provider must ensure that a high acuity patient is transported in a vehicle that is equipped with a stretcher.

Penalty:     20 penalty units.

Reg. 14 substituted by S.R. No. 148/2021 reg. 8.