Victorian Numbered Regulations Victorian Numbered Regulations(1) In regulation 19(2) of the Principal Regulations, for "adverse event" substitute "adverse patient safety event".
(2) In regulation 19(2)(c) of the Principal Regulations, for "paramedic" substitute "registered paramedic".
(3) In regulation 19(3)(c) of the Principal Regulations, for "paramedic" substitute "registered paramedic".
(4) After regulation 19(4) of the Principal Regulations insert —
"(5) A provider must ensure that any patient transport officer who crews a vehicle that is providing a non-emergency patient transport service operated by the provider—
(a) has at least 100 hours of on road clinical practice experience in active patient care; or
(b) is supervised by an ambulance transport attendant or a person to whom subregulation (4)(a) applies.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
(6) A provider must ensure that any staff member of the provider who drives a vehicle that is providing a non-emergency patient transport service operated by the provider has a full driver licence.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
(7) In this regulation—
"clinical practice" experience in active patient care includes no more than 50% of clinical placement hours that involve active patient management and do not include observational shifts.".