Non-Emergency Patient Transport Amendment Regulations 2021 (Vic)
Non-Emergency Patient Transport Amendment Regulations 2021
S.R. No. 148/2021
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Regulation Page
1Objective
2Authorising provision
3Commencement
4Principal Regulations
5Definitions
6Criteria to be complied with before patient is transported
7New regulation 11 substituted
8Regulation 14 substituted
9When clinical advice must be obtained before loading a patient
10Competencies for staff of non-emergency patient transport services
11Assessment of competency
12Skills maintenance training
13Application for a non-emergency patient transport service licence
14Conditions on licence
15New regulation 27A inserted
16Development, contents and accreditation of quality assurance plan
17Compliance with quality assurance plan
18Revocation, suspension or expiry of accreditation
19New Division 2A inserted in Part 4
20Sentinel events
21Annual report
22Part 5 substituted
23Patient care records
24Maintenance of vehicles and equipment
25New regulations 49A and 49B inserted
26Interiors of road vehicles
27Equipment
28Regulation 52A inserted
29Public and professional liability insurance
30Part 12 inserted
31Schedule 2 substituted
32New Schedule 4A inserted
33Schedule 5 substituted
34Schedule 6 revoked
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Endnotes
STATUTORY RULES 2021
S.R. No. 148/2021
Non-Emergency Patient Transport and First Aid Services Act 2003
Non-Emergency Patient Transport Amendment Regulations 2021
The Governor in Council makes the following Regulations:
Dated: 30 November 2021
Responsible Minister:
MARTIN FOLEY
Minister for HealthALEXANDRA DEBELJAKOVIC
Clerk of the Executive Council
1Objective
The objective of these Regulations is to amend the Non-Emergency Patient Transport Regulations 2016 to further provide for the standards and requirements for the provision of non-emergency patient transport services under the Non-Emergency Patient Transport and First Aid Services Act 2003.
2Authorising provision
These Regulations are made under section 64 of the Non-Emergency Patient Transport and First Aid Services Act2003.
3Commencement
These Regulations come into operation on 30 November 2021.
4Principal Regulations
In these Regulations, the Non-Emergency Patient Transport Regulations 2016[1] are called the Principal Regulations.
5Definitions
(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 definition 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;".
6Criteria to be complied with before patient is transported
(1)For regulation 10(4)(b)(iii) of the Principal Regulations substitute—
"(iii)a registered paramedic; and".
(2)In regulation 10(5) of the Principal Regulations, for "adverse event" substitute "adverse patient safety event".
(3)In regulation 10(5)(c) of the Principal Regulations, for "paramedic" substitute "registered paramedic".
7New regulation 11 substituted
For regulation 11 of the Principal Regulations substitute—
"11 Transport of low acuity patients
(1)A provider must ensure that whenever a low acuity patient is transported in a stretcher vehicle—
(a)there are 2 crew members crewing the vehicle; and
(b)a suitably qualified and competent crew member travels in the patient compartment with the low acuity patient or patients for the duration of the transport.
Penalty:20 penalty units.
(2)A provider must ensure that no more than 2 low acuity patients are transported at any one time in a vehicle that is equipped with a stretcher.
Penalty:20 penalty units.
(3)This regulation does not apply to clinic transport service vehicles and hoist vehicles transporting low acuity patients.".
8Regulation 14 substituted
For regulation 14 of the Principal Regulations substitute—
"14 High acuity or medium acuity patient must not be transported with another patient
A provider must ensure that a high acuity patient or a medium acuity patient is not transported with another patient in the same vehicle.
Penalty:20 penalty units.".
9When clinical advice must be obtained before loading a patient
For regulation 17(2)(c) of the Principal Regulations substitute—
"(c)a registered paramedic; or".
10Competencies for staff of non-emergency patient transport services
(1)In regulation 19(2) of the Principal Regulations, for "adverse event" substitute "adverse patient safety event".
(2)In regulation 19(2)(c) of the Principal Regulations, for "paramedic" substitute "registered paramedic".
(3)In regulation 19(3)(c) of the Principal Regulations, for "paramedic" substitute "registered paramedic".
(4)After regulation 19(4) of the Principal Regulations insert—
"(5)A provider must ensure that any patient transport officer who crews a vehicle that is providing a non-emergency patient transport service operated by the provider—
(a)has at least 100 hours of on road clinical practice experience in active patient care; or
(b)is supervised by an ambulance transport attendant or a person to whom subregulation (4)(a) applies.
Penalty:20 penalty units.
(6)A provider must ensure that any staff member of the provider who drives a vehicle that is providing a non-emergency patient transport service operated by the provider has a full driver licence.
Penalty:20 penalty units.
(7)In this regulation—
clinical practice experience in active patient care includes no more than 50% of clinical placement hours that involve active patient management and do not include observational shifts.".
11Assessment of competency
(1)In regulation 20 of the Principal Regulations, for "employment by" substitute "service as a staff member with".
(2)At the end of regulation 20 of the Principal Regulations insert—
"(2)A provider must ensure that the competency of a staff member after receiving training for the purpose of subregulation (1) is recorded and attested to by the person who did the training.
Penalty:20 penalty units.
(3)A provider must keep the record and attestation referred to in subregulation (2) available for production to an authorised officer under section 48 of the Act.
Penalty:20 penalty units.".
12Skills maintenance training
(1)In regulation 21(1)(c) of the Principal Regulations, for "practice." substitute "practice;".
(2)After regulation 21(1)(c) of the Principal Regulations insert—
"(d)mental health training.".
13Application for a non-emergency patient transport service licence
(1)In regulation 25(3)(b) of the Principal Regulations, for "regulation 29" substitute "regulation 29(1) and (2)".
(2)After regulation 25(3) of the Principal Regulations insert—
"(4)Without limiting section 14(3) of the Act and subject to regulation 26(2), a person applying for a licence under section 14(1) of the Act must submit with the application a certificate of accreditation of the provider's occupational health and safety plan.".
14Conditions on licence
At the end of regulation 26 of the Principal Regulations insert—
"(2)For the purposes of section 17(1)(a) of the Act, a non-emergency patient transport service licence granted to an applicant who does not have a current certificate of accreditation of its occupational health and safety plan at the time the licence is granted is subject to the condition that the licence holder must, within 3 months after being granted the licence—
(a)obtain a certificate of accreditation of its occupational health and safety plan; and
(b)submit a copy of the certificate to the Secretary.".
15New regulation 27A inserted
After regulation 27 of the Principal Regulations insert—
"27A Application to transfer a licence
(1)For the purposes of section 23A of the Act, the form for an application to transfer a licence is the form set out in Schedule 4A.
(2)For the purposes of section 23A(2)(b) of the Act, the prescribed fee is 49 fee units.".
16Development, contents and accreditation of quality assurance plan
(1)In the heading to regulation 29 of the Principal Regulations, for "and contents" substitute ", contents and accreditation".
(2)After regulation 29(2) of the Principal Regulations insert—
"(3)A quality assurance plan must be accredited by an accreditation body.".
17Compliance with quality assurance plan
In regulation 30 of the Principal Regulations, after "29(2)" insert "and (3)".
18Revocation, suspension or expiry of accreditation
(1)In the heading to regulation 32 of the Principal Regulations, after "expiry of" insert "accreditation of".
(2)In regulation 32(1) of the Principal Regulations, for "quality assurance plan of the licence holder" substitute "accreditation of the licence holder's quality assurance plan".
(3)In regulation 32(2) of the Principal Regulations, after "revocation" insert "of the accreditation".
19New Division 2A inserted in Part 4
After Division 2 of Part 4 of the Principal Regulations insert—
"Division 2A—Occupational health and safety plan
32ADevelopment and contents of occupational health and safety plans
(1)A person who applies for a licence under section 14(1) of the Act must develop an occupational health and safety plan which complies with subregulation (2).
(2)An occupational health and safety plan must include provisions in relation to the following matters—
(a)the maintenance of a hazard register;
(b)incident reporting and management;
(c)risk evaluation;
(d)staff safety when manually handling patients;
(e)recording of incidents and resulting actions.
(3)An occupational health and safety plan must include copies of the current safety data sheets required to be kept under the Occupational Health and Safety Regulations 2017 in relation to hazardous chemicals used in the operation of the non‑emergency patient transport service.
(4)An occupational health and safety plan must be accredited by an accreditation body.
32BCompliance with occupational health and safety plan
A licence holder must maintain and comply with an occupational health and safety plan that complies with regulation 32A(2) and (3).
32CAudit of occupational health and safety plan
(1)If at any time during the duration of the licence the occupational health and safety plan of the licence holder is audited by an accreditation body, the licence holder must submit a copy of the audit report to the Secretary no later than 14 days after the licence holder receives a copy of the report from the accreditation body.
Penalty:15 penalty units.
(2)If an audit report referred to in subregulation (1) contains a notification as to the existence of a risk of a high probability of harm or injury to a patient or a staff member, the licence holder must report that risk to the Secretary no later than 24 hours after the licence holder receives a copy of the report from the accreditation body.
Penalty:20 penalty units.
32DRevocation, suspension or expiry of occupational health and safety plan
(1)A licence holder must not operate a non‑emergency patient transport service if the accreditation of the occupational health and safety plan of the licence holder is revoked or suspended or has expired.
Penalty:20 penalty units.
(2)A licence holder must report immediately to the Secretary any suspension or revocation of the accreditation of the licence holder's occupational health and safety plan.".
20Sentinel events
In regulation 33 of the Principal Regulations, for "critical incident" substitute "sentinel event".
21Annual report
In regulation 34(2)(e) of the Principal Regulations, for "adverse event" substitute "adverse patient safety event".
22Part 5 substituted
For Part 5 of the Principal Regulations substitute—
"Part 5—Clinical governance
35Clinical oversight committee
(1)A licence holder must establish and maintain a clinical oversight committee.
(2)The clinical oversight committee must have at least—
(a)one member who is a representative of the management of the licence holder; and
(b)one member who is a registered paramedic, if the licence holder employs registered paramedics as part of providing the service; and
(c)one member who is a registered nurse, if the licence holder employs registered nurses as part of providing the service; and
(d)one member who is a registered health practitioner, if the licence holder does not employ a registered paramedic or a registered nurse as part of providing the service.
36Responsibilities of committee
The clinical oversight committee has the following responsibilities in relation to the service provided by the licence holder—
(a)reviewing each sentinel event;
(b)oversight of the process of transporting a patient to a hospital or medical facility to receive care that cannot be provided on site;
(c)overseeing processes to set the scope of practice of the service to ensure it does not provide services beyond its competencies and ability;
(d)overseeing processes to set the scope of clinical practice of all clinical staff;
(e)reviewing the clinical practice protocols, processes and operating procedures of the service;
(f)overseeing the verification of the credentials of all registered medical practitioners engaged by the service in any capacity—
(i)when their engagement commences; and
(ii)subsequently every 3 years;
(g)overseeing the auditing of patient care records and reviewing all measures taken as a result of reviews of those records;
(h)keeping any staff survey data and reviewing all measures taken as a result of reviews of those surveys;
(i)reviewing all complaints that relate to the experience of patients of the service;
(j)overseeing processes to continually assess the capacity of the service to provide safe patient-centred care.
36AMeetings of committee
(1)The clinical oversight committee must meet at least once in each 3 month period.
(2)The clinical oversight committee must maintain records of its meetings including its decisions and the reasons for its decisions.
36BStaff surveys
(1)A licence holder must conduct a staff survey at least once a year.
(2)The primary purpose of a staff survey is to ascertain the views of staff on staff and patient safety.".
23Patient care records
(1)After regulation 38(1)(g) of the Principal Regulations insert—
"(ga)details of any monitoring or treatment provided to the patient during transportation;".
(2)After regulation 38(4) of the Principal Regulations insert—
"(5)The provider must ensure that at least 50 per cent of patient care records for medium or high acuity patients are reviewed to determine if there are any clinical issues or issues relating to patient safety.".
24Maintenance of vehicles and equipment
At the end of regulation 48 of the Principal Regulations insert—
"(2)The provider must ensure that if a vehicle is used to provide the non-emergency patient transport service—
(a)the vehicle is examined and tested by a licensed tester annually once the vehicle has reached a mileage of 200 000 km or three years of age, whichever is the sooner in accordance with Part 6 of the Road Safety (Vehicles) Regulations 2021; and
(b)a certificate of roadworthiness is issued in respect of the vehicle by the licensed tester testing the vehicle.".
25New regulations 49A and 49B inserted
After regulation 49 of the Principal Regulations insert—
"49A Mileage of vehicle
A provider must not use a vehicle for non‑emergency patient transport if the mileage of the vehicle exceeds 400 000 km.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
49BExemption from vehicle mileage limit
(1)A provider may apply to the Secretary in respect of a vehicle used for non-emergency patient transport for an extension to the mileage of 400 000 km limit up to a maximum mileage of 600 000 km.
(2)On application under subregulation (1), the Secretary may grant an exemption in respect of a vehicle for the vehicle to be used for non-emergency patient transport up to a maximum mileage of 600 000 km.
(3)The Secretary must not grant an exemption under subregulation (2) unless the Secretary is satisfied that it is safe to do so.
(4)When granting an exemption, the Secretary may impose conditions on the exemption.
(5)A provider who has applied for an exemption under subregulation (1) must not use the vehicle for patient transport at any time after the vehicle exceeds a mileage of 400 000 km, unless an exemption has been granted.
(6)The provider of a vehicle that is granted an exemption must comply with the conditions imposed under subregulation (4).
Penalty:20 penalty units.".
26Interiors of road vehicles
(1)After regulation 50(2) of the Principal Regulations insert—
"(2A)The provider must ensure that each vehicle that contains 2 stretchers has a minimum separation of 350 mm between the stretchers.
Penalty:10 penalty units.".
(2)In regulation 50(7)(b) of the Principal Regulations, for "Schedule 2 to the Road Safety (Vehicles) Regulations 2009" substitute "Schedule 1 to the Road Safety (Vehicles) Regulations 2021".
(2A)In regulation 50(9) of the Principal Regulations omit "in accordance with the infection control guidelines".
(3)After regulation 50(10) of the Principal Regulations insert—
"(11)The interior of a vehicle must be maintained and kept in good repair at all times.
Penalty:10 penalty units.
(12)The patient compartment of the vehicle must be checked and serviced at the times specified in subregulation (13) to ensure that—
(a)all fixtures and fittings are tightly fixed to the vehicle; and
(b)all compartment wall and floor surfaces are undamaged.
Penalty:20 penalty units.
(13)For the purposes of subregulation (12), the vehicle must be checked and serviced at the following times—
(a)when the vehicle reaches a mileage of 200 000 km;
(b)when the vehicle reaches a mileage of 400 000 km;
(c)in the case of a vehicle that has been granted an exemption under regulation 49B(2) to be used after reaching a mileage of 400 000 km, annually after the vehicle reaches that limit, until the vehicle reaches a mileage of 600 000 km or ceases to be in use (whichever is the earlier).".
27Equipment
(1)In regulation 51 of the Principal Regulations, for "a shock advisory external defibrillator" substitute "an Automated External Defibrillator".
(2)At the end of regulation 51 of the Principal Regulations insert—
"(2)A provider must ensure that all stretchers carried in vehicles are power lift stretchers.
Penalty:20 penalty units.
(3)A provider must ensure that any vehicle equipped with a stretcher carries a lifting cushion at all times.
Penalty:20 penalty units.
(4)Subregulation (2) does not apply to clinic transport service vehicles and hoist vehicles transporting low acuity patients.".
28Regulation 52A inserted
After regulation 52 of the Principal Regulations insert—
"52A Change to vehicle category code of vehicle
(1)If a vehicle modification results in a change of vehicle category code of a vehicle, a provider must ensure that the vehicle is not used to transport patients on a public road unless the provider has provided the Secretary with—
(a)a copy of the vehicle assessment signatory scheme approval certificate; or
(b)a photograph of the second stage of manufacture compliance plate.
Penalty:20 penalty units.
(2)In this regulation—
vehicle category code has the same meaning as it has in the relevant Australian Design Rules within the meaning of the Road Safety (Vehicles) Regulations 2021.".
29Public and professional liability insurance
In regulation 53 of the Principal Regulations, for "$10 000 000" substitute "$20 000 000".
30Part 12 inserted
After Part 11 of the Principal Regulations insert—
"Part 12—Transitional provisions
62Transitional provision—mileage
A provider is not required to comply with regulation 49A until 30 November 2026 in relation to a vehicle that was being used by the provider for the non-emergency patient transport service immediately before the commencement of the Non-Emergency Patient Transport Amendment Regulations 2021.
63Transitional provision—minimum separation requirement
A provider is not required to comply with regulation 50(2A) until 30 November 2026 in relation to a vehicle that was being used by the provider for the non-emergency patient transport service immediately before the commencement of the Non-Emergency Patient Transport Amendment Regulations 2021.
64Transitional provision—power lift stretchers and lifting cushions
(1)A provider is not required to comply with regulation 51(2) until 30 November 2024 in relation to a vehicle that was being used by the provider for the non-emergency patient transport service immediately before the commencement of the Non-Emergency Patient Transport Amendment Regulations 2021.
(2)A provider is not required to comply with regulation 51(3) until 30 November 2022 in relation to a vehicle that was being used by the provider for the non-emergency patient transport service immediately before the commencement of the Non-Emergency Patient Transport Amendment Regulations 2021.".
31Schedule 2 substituted
For Schedule 2 to the Principal Regulations substitute—
"Schedule 2—Application for variation or transfer of certificate of approval in principle to operate a non-emergency patient transport service
Regulation 24(1)
APPLICATION FOR VARIATION OR TRANSFER OF CERTIFICATE OF APPROVAL IN PRINCIPLE TO OPERATE A NON-EMERGENCY PATIENT TRANSPORT SERVICE
SECTION A
(1)Full name of applicant:
(2)Postal address of applicant:
(3)The name, telephone number and email address of a contact person for the purposes of the application:
SECTION B
(1)The name (or proposed name) of the non-emergency patient transport service, its street address and the municipal district in which the service is to be located:
(2)The number and type of vehicles (even if no changes are proposed):
Type of vehicle Number of vehicles Sedan, hatchback or station wagon vehicle Double stretcher vehicle Single stretcher vehicle High acuity transport vehicle
Type of vehicle Number of vehicles Wheelchair vehicle Fixed wing aircraft Rotary wing aircraft (3)This application is for—
* variation of the certificate of approval in principle or any condition to which it is subject; or
* transfer of the certificate of approval in principle to another person.
(4)If the application relates to the variation of the certificate of approval in principle, the reason for the proposed variation:
(5)If the application relates to the transfer of the certificate of approval in principle to another person—
(a)the name of that person; and
(b)the postal address of that person; and
(c)that person's telephone number and email address.
(6)If the proposed transferee is a body corporate, the name and address of any director or officer of the body corporate who may exercise control over the non-emergency patient transport service:
Signature of applicant:
Name of each signatory:
Date:
*Delete if inapplicable.".
32New Schedule 4A inserted
After Schedule 4 to the Principal Regulations insert—
"Schedule 4A—Application for transfer of licence to operate a non-emergency patient transport service
Regulation 27A(1)
APPLICATION FOR TRANSFER OF LICENCE TO OPERATE A NON-EMERGENCY PATIENT TRANSPORT SERVICE
SECTION A
(1)Full name of applicant:
(2)Postal address of applicant:
(3)The name, telephone number and email address of a contact person for the purposes of the application:
SECTION B
(1)The name of the non-emergency patient transport service, its street address and the municipal district in which the service is to be located:
(2)The number and type of vehicles (even if no changes are proposed):
Type of vehicle Number of vehicles Sedan, hatchback or station wagon vehicle Double stretcher vehicle Single stretcher vehicle High acuity transport vehicle Wheelchair vehicle Fixed wing aircraft Rotary wing aircraft (3)In relation to the person to whom the licence is to be transferred
(a)the name of that person; and
(b)the postal address of that person; and
(c)that person's telephone number and email address.
(4)If the proposed transferee is a body corporate, the name and address of any director or officer of the body corporate who may exercise control over the non-emergency patient transport service:
Signature of applicant:
Name of each signatory:
Date:".
33Schedule 5 substituted
For Schedule 5 to the Principal Regulations substitute—
"Schedule 5—Application for variation of a non-emergency patient transport service licence
Regulation 28(1)
APPLICATION FOR VARIATION OF A NON-EMERGENCY PATIENT TRANSPORT SERVICE LICENCE
SECTION A
(1)Full name of applicant:
(2)Postal address of applicant:
(3)The name, telephone number and email address of a contact person for the purposes of the application:
SECTION B
(1)The nature of the variation sought (variation of licence or variation of condition to which licence is subject):
(2)Details of the variation sought, including the proposed acuity level:
(3)The number and type of vehicles (even if no changes are proposed):
Type of vehicle Number of vehicles Sedan, hatchback or station wagon vehicle Double stretcher vehicle Single stretcher vehicle High acuity transport vehicle Wheelchair vehicle Fixed wing aircraft Rotary wing aircraft (4)If regulation 52A(1) applies to the variation, attach—
(a)a copy of the vehicle assessment signatory scheme approval certificate; or
(b)a photograph of the second stage of manufacture compliance plate.
Signature of applicant:
Name of each signatory:
Date: ".
34Schedule 6 revoked
Schedule 6 to the Principal Regulations is revoked.
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Endnotes
[1] Reg. 4: S.R. No. 28/2016.
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Fee Units
These Regulations provide for fees by reference to fee units within the meaning of the Monetary Units Act 2004.
The amount of the fee is to be calculated, in accordance with section 7 of that Act, by multiplying the number of fee units applicable by the value of a fee unit.
The value of a fee unit for the financial year commencing 1 July 2021 is $15.03. The amount of the calculated fee may be rounded to the nearest 10 cents.
The value of a fee unit for future financial years is to be fixed by the Treasurer under section 5 of the Monetary Units Act 2004. The value of a fee unit for a financial year must be published in the Government Gazette and a Victorian newspaper before 1 June in the preceding financial year.
Penalty Units
These Regulations provide for penalties by reference to penalty units within the meaning of section 110 of the Sentencing Act 1991. The amount of the penalty is to be calculated, in accordance with section 7 of the Monetary Units Act 2004, by multiplying the number of penalty units applicable by the value of a penalty unit.
The value of a penalty unit for the financial year commencing 1 July 2021 is $181.74.
The amount of the calculated penalty may be rounded to the nearest dollar.
The value of a penalty unit for future financial years is to be fixed by the Treasurer under section 5 of the Monetary Units Act 2004. The value of a penalty unit for a financial year must be published in the Government Gazette and a Victorian newspaper before 1 June in the preceding financial year.
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Table of Applied, Adopted or Incorporated Matter
The following table of applied, adopted or incorporated matter is included in accordance with the requirements of regulation 5 of the Subordinate Legislation Regulations 2014.
| Statutory rule provision | Title of applied, adopted or incorporated document | Matter in applied, adopted or incorporated document |
| Regulation 5(1), definition of infection control guidelines | National Health and Medical Research Council's Australian Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of Infection in Healthcare published by the Commonwealth in 2019 | The whole |
| Regulation 39(1)(g) | National Health and Medical Research Council's Australian Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of Infection in Healthcare published by the Commonwealth in 2019 | Section 4.2.1 |
| Regulation 46(1) | National Health and Medical Research Council's Australian Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of Infection in Healthcare published by the Commonwealth in 2019 | Section 3.1.3 |
| Regulation 47(2) | National Health and Medical Research Council's Australian Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of Infection in Healthcare published by the Commonwealth in 2019 | Section 3.1.3 |
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