Western Australian Current Regulations

PRISONS REGULATIONS 1982 - REG 29A

29A .         Terms used

                In this Part —

        affected prison officer means a prison officer to whom, the chief executive officer suspects on reasonable grounds, there has been a transfer of bodily fluid from a prisoner;

        qualified person means —

            (a)         a medical officer; or

            (b)         a medical practitioner; or

            (c)         a person who is registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Western Australia) in the nursing profession; or

            (d)         the holder of —

                  (i)         a Certificate III in Pathology Collection from a college as defined in the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 section 5(1); or

                  (ii)         an equivalent qualification from an institution based in another State or Territory or overseas;

        test authorisation notice has the meaning given in regulation 29F(2).

        [Regulation 29A inserted: SL 2020/251 r. 4.]