Health Professionals (Special Events Exemption) Act 1998 (Tas)

Health Professionals (Special Events Exemption) Act 1998

An Act to allow visiting health professionals to provide health care services to visitors to the State in connection with special events without becoming registered under State law and for related purposes [Royal Assent 22 May 1998]

Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:

PART 1 - Preliminary

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Health Professionals (Special Events Exemption) Act 1998 .

2. Commencement This Act commences on a day to be proclaimed.

3. Interpretation In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears – controlled substance means a substance specified in Schedule 2, 3, 4 or 8 of the Poisons List ; exemption period, in relation to a special event, means the period or periods specified in an order under section 4 that applies to the event; health care services means – (a) services ordinarily provided by chiropractors, dental prosthetists, dental technicians, dentists, medical practitioners, nurses, optical dispensers, optometrists, osteopaths, pharmacists, physiotherapists, podiatrists and psychologists; or (b) any other prescribed services; Health Registration Act means the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Tasmania); Poisons List has the same meaning as in the Poisons Act 1971 ; prepare includes train, practise, rehearse and acclimatise; regulations means regulations made and in force under this Act; relevant special event, in relation to a visiting health professional, means the special event in respect of which the visiting health professional has been appointed, employed, contracted or otherwise engaged for the purpose of providing health services to visitors to the State; special event means an event, or class of events, that is declared to be a special event by order under section 4 ; substance has the same meaning as in the Poisons Act 1971 ; supply has the same meaning as in the Poisons Act 1971 .