Victorian Numbered Regulations

MARINE REGULATIONS 2009 (SR NO 180 OF 2009) - REG 504

    (1)     A registered medical practitioner who takes a blood sample for the purposes of section 31 or 31A of the Act must ensure that—

        (a)     the sample of blood is placed in 3 dry containers, each containing approximately the same amount of blood; and

        (b)     each container is vacuum sealed or sealed with a septum seal; and

        (c)     each container in which the sample is placed bears a label stating—

              (i)     that the container holds an anti-coagulant and a preservative; and

              (ii)     the specific anti-coagulant and the specific preservative that the container holds; and

              (iii)     the name of the chemist, laboratory or pharmaceutical organisation that prepared the container; and

        (d)     each container has attached to it a label bearing the signature of the registered medical practitioner, the date and time the sample was taken and the name of the person from whom the sample was taken or, if the name of the person is not known, sufficient information to enable the sample to be identified with the person from whom it was taken.

    (2)     If a blood sample has been taken under section 31A of the Act, the registered medical practitioner must ensure that—

        (a)     one container is placed in a locked receptacle provided for that purpose at the place at which the sample was taken; and

        (b)     one container is placed and sealed in a container labelled "screening sample"; and

        (c)     one container is delivered to the person from whom the blood sample was taken or placed with that person's personal property at the place at which the sample was taken.