Health (Skin Penetration Procedure) Amendment Regulations 2011 (WA)

1 April 2011 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 1179

HE303*

Health Act 1911

Health (Skin Penetration Procedure)

Amendment Regulations 2011

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

1.            Citation

These regulations are the Health (Skin Penetration Procedure) Amendment Regulations 2011.
2.	Commencement These regulations come into operation as follows —

(a)	regulations 1 and 2— on the day on which these regulations are published in the Gazette;
(b)	the rest of the regulations — on the day after that day.

3.            Regulations amended

These regulations amend the Health (Skin Penetration
Procedure) Regulations 1998.

4.            Regulation 3 amended

(1)	In regulation 3 delete the definitions of:
dentist medical practitioner

Australia) in the podiatry profession;

(2) In regulation 3 insert in alphabetical order:

dentist means a person registered under the Health
Practitioner Regulation National Law (Western
Australia) in the dental profession whose name is
entered on the Dentists Division of the Register of
Dental Practitioners kept under that Law;
medical practitioner means a person who is registered
under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law
(Western Australia) in the medical profession;
nurse means a person who is registered under the
Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Western
Australia) in the nursing and midwifery profession;
podiatrist means a person who is registered under the
Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Western

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5.            Regulation 4 amended

Delete regulation 4(1)(c) and insert:

(c) a podiatrist or nurse where the procedure is

carried out in the practice of podiatry or

nursing, respectively.

By Command of the Governor,

PETER CONRAN, Clerk of the Executive Council.