Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) A registered
health practitioner in a relevant health profession, acting in the course of
the practice of that profession, is authorised to assist in the performance of
an abortion on a person by —
(a) a
medical practitioner as authorised under section 202MC or 202ME(1); or
(b) a
prescribing practitioner as authorised under section 202MD(2).
(2) Subsection (1)
does not apply in relation to the performance of an abortion that the
registered health practitioner knows is being performed by —
(a) a
medical practitioner other than as authorised under section 202MC or 202ME(1);
or
(b) a
prescribing practitioner other than as authorised under section 202MD(2).
(3) A student in a
relevant health profession is authorised to assist in the performance of an
abortion on a person by —
(a) a
medical practitioner as authorised under section 202MC or 202ME(1); or
(b) a
prescribing practitioner as authorised under section 202MD(2).
(4) An act done by a
student under subsection (3) must be done —
(a) in
the course of the student’s program of study for, or clinical training
in, the relevant health profession; and
(b)
under the supervision of —
(i)
the medical practitioner or prescribing practitioner; or
(ii)
a registered health practitioner in the relevant health
profession who is assisting in the performance of the abortion under
subsection (1); or
(iii)
the student’s primary clinical supervisor.
(5) Subsection (3)
does not apply in relation to the performance of an abortion that the student
knows is being performed by —
(a) a
medical practitioner other than as authorised under section 202MC or 202ME(1);
or
(b) a
prescribing practitioner other than as authorised under section 202MD(2).
[Section 202MG inserted: No. 20 of 2023 s. 8.]