Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (South Australia) (Protection of Title—Paramedics) Amendment Act 2013 (SA)

South Australia

Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (South Australia) (Protection of Title—Paramedics) Amendment Act 2013

An Act to amend the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (South Australia) Act 2010.

The Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows:

Part 1Preliminary1Short title

This Act may be cited as the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (South Australia) (Protection of Title—Paramedics) Amendment Act 2013.

2Commencement

This Act will come into operation on a day to be fixed by proclamation.

3Amendment provisions

In this Act, a provision under a heading referring to the amendment of a specified Act amends the Act so specified.

Part 2Amendment of Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (South Australia) Act 2010

4Amendment of Schedule 2 – Health Practitioner Regulation National Law

Schedule 2—after section 120 insert:

120A—Use of title "paramedic"

1. (1)

   Subject to this section, a person must not knowingly or recklessly—

   1. (a)

      take or use the title of "paramedic", whether with or without any other words; or

   2. (b)

      take or use a title, name, word or description that, having regard to the circumstances in which it is taken or used, indicates or could be reasonably understood to indicate the person is a paramedic,

unless the person holds qualifications prescribed by regulations made by the Governor under the Act for the purposes of this section.

Maximum penalty: $30 000.

1. (2)

   For the purposes of subsection (1)(b), a paramedic is a health professional who provides emergency medical assessment, treatment and care in the pre‑hospital, or out‑of‑hospital, environment.

2. (3)

   Subsection (1) applies to a person while he or she is practising in South Australia.

3. (4)

   The Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, confer exemptions from this section—

   1. (a)

      on a specified person or specified classes of persons; or

   2. (b)

      in specified circumstances or specified classes of circumstances.

4. (5)

   An exemption under subsection (4) may be granted by the Minister on such conditions as the Minister thinks fit.

5. (6)

   The Minister may, at any time, by further notice in the Gazette—

   1. (a)

      vary or revoke an exemption; or

   2. (b)

      vary or revoke a condition of an exemption.

6. (7)

   A person must not contravene or fail to comply with a condition of an exemption.

Maximum penalty: $30 000.