Health Professionals (Special Events Exemption) Act 2000 (SA)

South Australia Health Professionals (Special Events Exemption) Act 2000 An Act to allow visiting health professionals to provide health care services in the State in connection with special events without becoming registered under State law; and for other purposes.

Contents Part 1—Preliminary 1 Short title 3 Interpretation Part 2—Special events exemption for visiting health professionals 4 Special events 5 Definition of visiting health professional 6 Definition of visitor 7 Provision of health care services to visitors by visiting health professionals 8 Conditions on practice by visiting health professionals 9 Issue of prescriptions and supply of certain substances 10 Exemptions relating to offences Part 3—Miscellaneous 11 Complaints about visiting health professionals 12 Application of Act to particular persons 13 Regulations 14 Review of Act Legislative history

The Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows: Part 1—Preliminary 1—Short title This Act may be cited as the Health Professionals (Special Events Exemption) Act 2000. 3—Interpretation In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears— exemption period, in relation to a special event, means a period specified in a special event order that applies to the event; health care services means— (a) services ordinarily provided by medical practitioners, nurses, dentists, dental technicians, dental prosthetists, pharmacists, chiropodists, chiropractors, osteopaths, optometrists, physiotherapists, psychologists or optical dispensers; or (b) any other service prescribed by the regulations; prescription drug means a substance that is a prescription drug for the purposes of the Controlled Substances Act 1984; registration includes the licensing, approval, admission, certification (including by way of practising certificates), or any other form of authorisation, of a person required by or under legislation for carrying on an occupation; relevant special event, in relation to a visiting health professional, means the special event in respect of which notice is given by the health professional under section 5(c); special event means a specified event, or an event of a specified class, that is declared to be a special event by a special event order; special event order means an order made by the Minister under section 4; supply has the same meaning as in the Controlled Substances Act 1984; visiting health professional—see section 5; visitor—see section 6.