South Australia
Ambulance Services Act 1992
An Act to provide for the licensing of persons who provide ambulance services; and for other purposes.
Contents
Part 1—Preliminary
1Short title
4Interpretation
Part 2—Provision of ambulance services
5Offence
6Licences
7Conditions of licence
8Revocation of licence
9Delegation by Minister
10Appeal to District Court
Part 3—SA Ambulance Service Inc
11SA St John Ambulance Service Inc to continue as SA Ambulance Service Inc
11AEstablishment of Ambulance Board
12Legal status, management and control of SAAS
13Establishment of Country Ambulance Advisory Committee
13AStaffing arrangements
14Accounts and audit
15Limitation on SAAS's powers to borrow or invest money
16Annual report
16AApplication of Associations Incorporation Act 1985
Part 4—Miscellaneous
17Fees for ambulance services
18Holding out etc
19General defence
20Regulations
Schedule—Transitional provisions
Legislative history
The Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows:
Part 1—Preliminary
1—Short title
This Act may be cited as the Ambulance Services Act 1992.
4—Interpretation
(1)In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears—
ambulance means a vehicle that has been modified and equipped and is staffed to provide medical treatment to patients being transported in the vehicle;
Ambulance Board means the committee appointed by the Minister to manage the affairs of SAAS (see Part 3 and the rules);
ambulance service means the transporting of a patient by ambulance to a hospital, surgery or other place to receive medical treatment or the transporting of a patient by ambulance from a hospital, surgery or other place at which the patient has received medical treatment;
employing authority means the person designated by proclamation as being the employing authority for the purposes of this definition;
medical treatment includes all medical or surgical advice, attendances, services, procedures and operations and also includes the observation of patients;
rules means the rules of SAAS made by regulation under Part 3;
SAAS means SA Ambulance Service Inc.
(2)A proclamation made for the purposes of the definition of employing authority—
(a)may apply by reference to a specified person, or by reference to the person for the time being holding or acting in a specified office or position; and
(b)may, from time to time as the Governor thinks fit, be varied or substituted by a new proclamation.
Part 2—Provision of ambulance services
5—Offence
A person who provides an ambulance service is guilty of an offence unless—
(aa)the service is provided by SAAS; or
(a)he or she is licensed under this Act to provide that service; or
(b)the service is provided by a person or a person of a class, or in circumstances, prescribed by regulation.
Maximum penalty: $20 000.
6—Licences
(1)The Minister may grant a licence to a person to provide ambulance services if, in the Minister's opinion—
(a)the person has the capacity to provide ambulance services of a high standard and is a suitable person to hold a licence in all other respects; and
(b)the granting of the licence is not likely to have a detrimental effect on the ability (including the financial ability) of an existing licence holder to provide ambulance services of a high…