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commenced)Private Health Facilities Act
2007 No 9 (not commenced)Occupational Licensing Legislation
Amendment (Regulatory Reform) Act 2009 No 61 (not commenced
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Division 2 Restricted health services
10AC Spinal manipulation
10AD Prescribed electrophysical treatments
10AE Prescribing of contact lenses, spectacle lenses and
10AF Restricted dental practices
10AG Restricted birthing practices
10AH Certain foot care services not to be provided by
10AI Restricted health services—powers of authorised
officers appointed under other Acts
Division 3 Health practitioners who are de-registered or
Part 2A Provision and promotion of health servicesDivision 1 Preliminary10AA DefinitionsIn this Part:health
practitioner, health registration
Act, health
2003Psychologists Act
Act.medical
student has the same meaning as in the Medical Practice Act
1992.registered midwife
nurse have the same meanings as in the Nurses and Midwives Act
1991.10AB Proceedings for offences under this Part(1) Proceedings for an offence under this Part may be instituted by
is alleged to have been committed.Division 2 Restricted health services10AC Spinal manipulation(1) A person must not engage in spinal manipulation in the course of
providing a health service unless the person:(a) is a registered chiropractor, or a chiropractic student acting
under the appropriate supervision of a registered chiropractor,
(b) is a registered medical practitioner, or a medical student acting
under the appropriate supervision of a registered medical practitioner,
(c) is a registered osteopath, or an osteopathy student acting under
the appropriate supervision of a registered osteopath, or
(d) is a registered physiotherapist, or a physiotherapy student acting
under the appropriate supervision of a registered
or both.(2) For the purposes of this Division, spinal manipulation is a
restricted health service.(3) An authorised person or inspector appointed under any of the
following Acts is authorised to ascertain whether this section is being
complied with:(a) Chiropractors Act
(b) Medical Practice Act
(c) Osteopaths Act
(d) Physiotherapists Act
(4) In this section:spinal
manipulation means the rapid application of a force (whether by
manual or mechanical means) to any part of a person’s body that affects
a joint or segment of the vertebral column.10AD Prescribed electrophysical treatments(1) A person must not provide a prescribed electrophysical treatment
in the course of providing a health service unless the person:(a) is a registered chiropractor, or a chiropractic student acting
under the appropriate supervision of a registered physiotherapist,
(e) is a registered podiatrist, or a podiatry student acting under the
appropriate supervision of a registered podiatrist.
or both.(2) For the purposes of this Division, prescribed electrophysical
treatment is a restricted health service.(3) An inspector or authorised person appointed under any of the
(e) Podiatrists Act
(4) In this section:prescribed
electrophysical treatment means an electrophysical treatment
section.10AE Prescribing of contact lenses, spectacle lenses and
other appliances(1) A person must not prescribe an optical appliance unless the
person:(a) is a registered optometrist, or
(b) is a registered medical practitioner, or
(c) is a member of a class of persons declared by the regulations to
be authorised to prescribe an optical appliance and the person acts in
compliance with any conditions or limitations prescribed by the
or both.(2) For the purposes of this Division, prescribing an optical
appliance is a restricted health service.(3) A person who prescribes an optical appliance for a person must on
request provide the person, at no extra charge, with a copy of the
prescription.Maximum penalty: 5 penalty
units.(4) A person who does not prescribe, but dispenses, an optical
appliance for a person must provide the person, at no extra charge, with a
copy of the prescription relating to the appliance.Maximum penalty: 5 penalty
units.(5) A person who prescribes contact lenses for a person is not
required to comply with subsection (3) until after he or she has completed the
prescription and fitting process in relation to the contact
lenses.(6) An authorised person or inspector appointed under any of the
complied with:(a) Optometrists Act
(7) In this section:optical
appliance means contact lenses, spectacle lenses or any other
appliance designed to correct, remedy or relieve any refractive abnormality or
defect of sight.10AF Restricted dental practices(1) A person must not carry out a restricted dental practice unless
the person is:(a) a registered dentist, or
(c) a registered dental student undertaking clinical studies, or
undertaking a clinical placement at a public health organisation,
(d) a registered dental auxiliary who is carrying out dental auxiliary
activities subject to the practice oversight of a registered dentist,
(e) a person performing radiographic work at a public health
organisation, or on the order or at the request of a registered medical
practitioner or registered dentist, or
(f) a dental prosthetist carrying out a practice of dental
prosthetics, or
(g) a dental technician carrying out technical work on the written
order of a registered dentist or of a dental
or both.(2) For the purposes of this Division, restricted dental practice is a
complied with:(a) Dental Practice Act
(b) Dental Technicians Registration
Act 1975,
(c) Medical Practice Act
(4) In this section:dental auxiliary
activity has the same meaning as in the Dental Practice Act
2001.dental
prosthetist has the same meaning as in the Dental Technicians Registration Act
1975.dental
technician means any of the following:(a) a person registered as a dental technician under the Dental Technicians Registration Act
(b) a person approved by the Dental Technicians Registration Board
under section 13 (2) (f) of the Dental
Technicians Registration Act 1975,
(c) a person undergoing in good faith training in technical work under
the supervision of a registered dentist or of a person referred to in
(d) an apprentice, within the meaning of the Apprenticeship and Traineeship Act
2001, employed by a person referred to in paragraph (a), or by
a person employing a person referred to in paragraph
dental prosthetics has the same meaning as in section 5 (3) of the
Dental Technicians Registration Act
1975.practice
oversight means oversight by a registered dentist in accordance with
guidelines approved by the Director-General from time to time.public health
1997.registered dental
student means a person registered as a dentistry student or a dental
auxiliary student under section 138 of the Dental Practice Act
2001.restricted dental
practice means any of the following practices:(a) the performance of any operation on the human teeth or jaws or
associated structures,
(b) the correction of malpositions of the human teeth or jaws or
(c) the performance of radiographic work in connection with the human
teeth or jaws or associated structures,
(d) the mechanical construction or the renewal or repair of artificial
dentures or restorative dental appliances,
(e) the performance of any operation on, or the giving of any
treatment or advice to, any person that is preparatory to or for the purpose
of the fitting, insertion, adjusting, fixing, constructing, repairing or
renewing of artificial dentures or restorative dental
technical work has
the same meaning as in section 5 (1) of the Dental Technicians Registration Act
1975.written
order means an order:(a) in a form prescribed for the purposes of issuing directions to
dental technicians under the Dental Practice
Act 2001, or
(b) in a form prescribed for the purposes of section 27 (b) (ii) of
the Dental Technicians Registration Act
10AG Restricted birthing practices(1) A person must not engage in a restricted birthing practice unless
the person is:(a) a registered midwife, or
(c) a medical student or a registered nurse acting under the
appropriate supervision of a medical practitioner or of a registered midwife,
(d) a midwifery student acting under the appropriate supervision of a
or both.(2) For the purposes of this Division, a restricted birthing practice
is a restricted health service.(3) This section does not apply to the rendering of assistance to a
woman who is giving birth to a child where the assistance is rendered in an
emergency.(4) An authorised person or inspector appointed under any of the
complied with:(a) Nurses and Midwives Act
(5) In this section:restricted
birthing practice means the care of a pregnant woman involving the
management of the 3 stages of labour and child birth.10AH Certain foot care services not to be provided by
unregistered persons(1) A person must not, in the course of providing a foot care service,
perform any invasive procedure on the feet or toenails under anaesthesia
unless the person is:(a) a registered podiatrist, or
(b) a registered medical practitioner.
units.(2) A person must not, in the course of providing a foot care service,
carry out surgical debridement of hypertrophic tissue of the foot using a
sharp instrument unless the person is:(a) a registered podiatrist, or
(c) a registered nurse and the debridement is carried out to the
extent necessary to provide immediate relief from pain or
units.(3) A person must not, in the course of providing a foot care service,
treat a disorder of or injury to the foot knowing that the person
treated:(a) has a medical condition causing inadequate blood circulation to
their feet, or
(b) has peripheral neuropathy affecting their
unless the person providing that treatment is:(c) a registered podiatrist, or
(d) a registered medical practitioner, or
(e) a registered nurse, or
(f) a registered chiropractor, or
(g) a registered osteopath, or
(h) a registered physiotherapist, or
(i) a registered pharmacist.
units.(4) For the purposes of this Division, a procedure or treatment
referred to in subsection (1), (2) or (3) that is carried out in the
circumstances set out in those subsections is a restricted health
service.(5) An authorised person or inspector appointed under any of the
complied with:(a) Podiatrists Act
(c) Nurses and Midwives Act
(6) An authorised person or inspector is not to exercise any function
under subsection (5) except with the approval of the Director-General given in
a particular case.10AI Restricted health services—powers of authorised
officers appointed under other Acts(1) An authorised officer, who is authorised under this Division to
ascertain whether a provision of this Division is being complied with, has and
may exercise for that purpose all the functions that the authorised officer
has under the officer’s Act for the purpose of ascertaining whether a
provision of the officer’s Act is being complied with or has been
contravened.(2) For the purposes of subsection (1):(a) the functions of the authorised officer under the officer’s
Act apply in respect of premises on which a person engages in a restricted
health service in the course of providing a health service in the same way as
those functions apply in respect of premises on which a person engages in
professional practice under the officer’s Act, and
(b) the functions of the authorised officer under the officer’s
Act apply in respect of engaging in the restricted health service in the
course of providing a health service in the same way as they apply in respect
of professional practice engaged in under the officer’s Act,
(c) the provisions of an officer’s Act with respect to the
functions of an inspector, authorised officer or authorised person (including
any provision that creates an offence in connection with those functions)
extend to the exercise of functions of the authorised officer under this
section as if the functions under this section were exercised under the
officer’s Act.
officer means an authorised person or inspector who is authorised to
ascertain whether a particular section of this Division is being complied
with.officer’s Act,
in relation to an authorised officer, means the Act under which the authorised
officer is appointed as an authorised person or inspector.restricted health
service means a health service that is specified to be a restricted
health service for the purposes of this Division.Division 3 Health practitioners who are de-registered or
subject to prohibition orders10AJ Definitions(1) In this Division:corresponding
or Territory that provides for the registration of health
practitioners.de-registered
as a health practitioner under a health registration Act or corresponding
health registration legislation is cancelled or suspended as a result of
disciplinary proceedings.prohibition
order means a prohibition order made under a health registration Act
or under section 41A of the Health Care
Complaints Act 1993.(2) For the purposes of this Division, a person’s registration
health registration legislation is cancelled if:(a) any of the following happen as a result of an action, decision,
determination or order of a registration board, tribunal or court under that
Act or legislation:(i) the person’s registration is cancelled,
(ii) the person is de-registered,
(iii) the person’s name is removed from, or struck off, a register
(iv) the person’s practising certificate is cancelled,
(b) the person’s name is removed from the Register of Optical
Dispensers for New South Wales under section 25 of the Optical Dispensers Act
under a particular health registration Act or corresponding health
under that Act or legislation has been cancelled or suspended:(a) the person to whom the health practitioner intends to provide the
specifies that the health practitioner was registered under a particular
health registration Act or corresponding health registration legislation and
that the health practitioner’s registration under that Act or
legislation is cancelled or suspended.Maximum penalty: 50 penalty
of health services by:(a) health practitioners who are not required to be registered under a
health registration Act (including de-registered health practitioners),
(b) health practitioners who are registered under a health
registration Act who provide health services that are unrelated to their
facility means:(a) a child care service to which Division 1 of Part 3 of the Children (Care and Protection) Act
1987 applies, or
(b) a registered nurse within the meaning of the Nurses and Midwives Act 1991, or a
registered midwife within the meaning of that Act, or
but does not include:(g) a procedure carried out in the practice of medicine or dentistry
by:(i) a medical practitioner registered under the Medical Practice Act 1992,
(ii) a dentist registered under the Dentists Act 1989,
(iii) a person acting under the direction or supervision of such a
medical practitioner or dentist, or
care of the residents of the nursing home.registered
nurse has the same meaning as in the Nurses and Midwives Act
1991.Part 6 53–61P(Repealed)Part 7 AdministrationDivision 1 Medical officers of health62 Nomination of medical officers of health(1) The Governor may nominate a medical practitioner to be a medical
(d) an establishment within the meaning of the Private Hospitals and Day Procedure Centres Act
act or omission constituting the offence.(2) A person may be proceeded against and convicted under a provision
under the age of 1 yearCystic fibrosis in a child under the age of 1 yearHypothyroidism in a child under the age of 1 yearPerinatal DeathPhenylketonuria in a child under the age of 1 yearPregnancy with a child having a congenital malformation (as described in
persons in educational or residential institutions)LeprosyMeaslesPertussis (Whooping cough)Severe Acute Respiratory SyndromeSmallpoxSwine influenza in humansSyphilisTuberculosisCategory 3To be notified by laboratoriesAnthraxArboviral infectionsAvian influenza in humansBotulismBrucellosisCancerChancroidChlamydiaCholeraCongenital malformation (as described in the “Manual of the
(vCJD)CryptosporidiosisCystic fibrosisDiphtheriaDonovanosisGiardiasisGonorrhoeaHaemophilus influenzae type bHepatitis AHepatitis BHepatitis CHepatitis D (delta)Hepatitis EHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infectionHypothyroidismInvasive pneumococcal infectionInfluenzaLead poisoning (as defined by a blood lead level of or above
phenylketonuriaPsittacosisQ feverRabiesRotavirusRubellaSalmonella infectionsSevere Acute Respiratory SyndromeShigellosisSmallpoxSwine influenza in humansSyphilisThalassaemia majorTuberculosisTularaemiaTyphus (epidemic)Verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli infectionViral haemorrhagic feversYellow feverCategory 4Avian influenza in humansSevere Acute Respiratory SyndromeSwine influenza in humansTuberculosisTyphoidCategory 5Acquired Immune Deficiency SyndromeHuman Immunodeficiency Virus infectionSchedule 2 Health warnings(Sections 55, 56)Health warnings must meet the requirements of Part 3 of the
major or phenylketonuriaRabiesSevere Acute Respiratory SyndromeSmallpoxSwine influenza in humansSyphilisTetanusThalassaemia major in a child under the age of 1
2006(2B) A provision referred to in subclause (2A) may, if the regulations
2007No 89Health Legislation Amendment Act
1 [2].Part 2A, Div 1, headingIns 2006 No 124, Sch 1 [2].Secs 10AA, 10ABIns 2000 No 64, Sch 2.2 [2]. Subst 2006 No 124, Sch
1 [2].Part 2A, Div 2, headingIns 2006 No 124, Sch 1 [2].Sec 10ACIns 2001 No 15, Sch 6.5. Am 2001 No 67, Sch 6.7
[1]; 2003 No 45, Sch 2.18 [1]. Subst 2006 No 124, Sch 1
[2].Sec 10ADIns 2001 No 67, Sch 6.7 [2]. Am 2003 No 45, Sch
2.18 [2]; 2003 No 69, Sch 6.6 [1]. Subst 2006 No 124, Sch 1
[2].Sec 10AEIns 2002 No 30, Sch 6.7. Subst 2006 No 124, Sch 1
[2].Sec 10AFIns 2001 No 64, Sch 6.5. Subst 2006 No 124, Sch 1
[2].Sec 10AGIns 2003 No 45, Sch 2.18 [3]. Subst 2006 No 124,
Sch 1 [2].Sec 10AHIns 2003 No 69, Sch 6.6 [2]. Am 2005 No 82, Sch 6
124, Sch 3.10 [7]).Sec 10AIIns 2006 No 124, Sch 1 [2].Part 2A, Div 3 (secs
10AJ–10AL)Ins 2006 No 124, Sch 1 [2].Part 2A, Div 4Ins 2006 No 124, Sch 1 [2].Sec 10AMIns 2006 No 124, Sch 1 [2]. Am 2008 No 62, Sch 2.45
[1].Sec 10ANIns 2006 No 124, Sch 1 [2].Part 2B (previously Part 2A)Ins 1998 No 145, Sch 1 [3]. Renumbered 2000 No 64,
[9].Sec 42Rep 1997 No 77, Sch 5.25 [9].Part 3A (secs 42A–42D)Ins 1992 No 110, Sch 1.Part 3B, Div 1Ins 1996 No 1, Sch 1.Sec 42EIns 1996 No 1, Sch 1. Am 2003 No 45, Sch 2.18
[4].Part 3B, Divs 2, 3 (secs
4.Part 5, headingSubst 1999 No 76, Sch 1 [1].Sec 51Rep 1993 No 32, Sch 2. Ins 1999 No 76, Sch 1
[2].Sec 52Subst 2004 No 87, Sch 5 [2].Part 6, headingSubst 1999 No 76, Sch 1 [3]. Rep 2008 No 94, Sch
[3].Sec 69Subst 1995 No 9, Sch 3 (2).Sec 71Am 2006 No 124, Sch 1 [3].Sec 72Am 1991 No 94, Sch 2; 2002 No 103, Sch 4.75
[12].Sec 75Am 1992 No 34, Sch 1.Sec 79Am 1995 No 9, Sch 3 (3); 1997 No 129, Sch 1 [13];
2106; 2005 (842), Sch 1 [1]; 2009 (140), cl 3 (1); 2009 (594), cl
2.Sch 2Subst GG No 98 of 27.8.1999, p
2009 (140), cl 3 (2).Sch 4Am 1992 No 34, Sch 1; 1995 No 9, Sch 3
No 145, Sch 1 [5] [6]; 2004 No 87, Sch 5 [4] [5]; 2006 No 124, Sch 1 [5]