Victorian Numbered Regulations Victorian Numbered Regulations(1) In regulation 5(1) of the Principal Regulations insert the following definitions—
""active management", in relation to a patient, means the patient requires treatment from first contact to last contact to maintain a stable clinical condition;
"adverse patient safety event" means an event that results in harm or injury to a patient;
"ambulance transport attendant" means a person employed or engaged by a non-emergency patient transport service primarily—
(a) to provide care and monitoring to low acuity patients, or medium acuity patients during their transport to or from a medical service; and
(b) to assist other staff members to provide care and monitoring to high acuity patients during their transport to or from a medical service;
"Automated External Defibrillator" means an automated external defibrillator that provides the operator with an audible or visible prompt to discharge the defibrillator to deliver a shock to the patient when it recognises a shockable rhythm;
"certificate of roadworthiness" means a certificate of roadworthiness issued under Division 5 of Part 6 of the Road Safety (Vehicles) Regulations 2021 ;
"clinic transport service vehicle" means a vehicle used for the purpose of transporting ambulant low acuity patients to or from medical appointments, including a vehicle that is not equipped with a stretcher or a hoist vehicle;
"full driver licence" has the same meaning as in section 3(1) of the Road Safety Act 1986 ;
hoist vehicle is a vehicle equipped with a hoist to lift a patient into and out of the vehicle;
"licence holder "means a person who holds a non‑emergency patient transport service licence;
"patient transport officer" means a person employed or engaged by a non-emergency patient transport service primarily—
(a) to provide care and monitoring to low, acuity patients during their transport to or from a medical service; and
(b) to assist other staff members to provide care and monitoring to low, medium or high acuity patients during their transport to or from a medical service;
"registered paramedic", mean a person registered in the Register of Paramedics kept by the Paramedicine Board of Australia under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law, other than as a student;
"sentinel event" means an unexpected and adverse patient safety event that occurs infrequently in the provision of services by a non-emergency patient transport service and results in the death of, or serious physical or psychological injury to, a patient as a result of system and process deficiencies at the non-emergency patient transport service;".
(2) In regulation 5(1) of the Principal Regulations, the definition of adverse event is revoked .
(3) In regulation 5(1) of the Principal Regulations, the definition of critical incident is revoked .
(4) In regulation 5(1) of the Principal Regulations, in the definition of "infection control guidelines", for "2010" substitute "2019".
(5) In regulation 5(1) of the Principal Regulations, the d efinition of shock advisory external defibrillator is revoked .
(6) In regulation 5(1) of the Principal Regulations, for the definition of "the Act" substitute —
""the Act" means the Non-Emergency Patient Transport and First Aid Services Act 2003 ;".