Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00332:reg:3:p15
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00332
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 3 (pt 15/20)
Character Range: 81870–84619

medical patient, person, or crew member is restrained or carried (as applicable) in accordance with this section.
Note Being restrained refers to use of a safety harness and a restraint strap, or stretcher straps.
 (2) A medical patient, a person who is one of the medical personnel, or a crew member on a flight of a rotorcraft that is a medical transport operation must, during the operation:
 (a) for a crew member, other than a flight crew member or an air crew member who is assigned duties, during the operation, requiring the air crew member to occupy a crew station in the rotorcraft's cockpit — wear a safety harness and a restraint strap; or
 (b) for a medical patient for whom paragraph (a) is not practicable — be restrained on a stretcher, in accordance with the procedures mentioned in the rotorcraft operator's exposition; or
 (c) for a medical patient who is an infant, for whom paragraph (a) is considered by the medical or nursing authority responsible for conducting the transport to be detrimental to the infant's medical condition or the general situation inside the rotorcraft — be carried inside an incubator, humidicrib or other neonatal transport unit, or in the arms or on the lap of an adult occupying a seat or stretcher, in accordance with the procedures mentioned in the rotorcraft operator's exposition; or
 (d) for a medical patient who is a child under the age of 6, for whom paragraph (a) is considered by the medical or nursing authority responsible for conducting the transport to be detrimental to the child's medical condition or the general situation inside the rotorcraft — be carried in the arms, or on the lap, of an adult occupying a seat or stretcher, in accordance with the procedures mentioned in the rotorcraft operator's exposition.
 (3) For paragraph (2)(b), before the medical transport operation commences, a crew member, for the flight, who fits the restraint equipment to the medical patient must ensure the requirements stated in the rotorcraft operator's exposition about the fitting of the restraint equipment to the medical patient are complied with.
 (4) For paragraph (2)(b), before the medical transport operation commences, the rotorcraft's operator must ensure that, except in relation to any potential flammability of cushioning material, the equipment for the restraint of a person on a stretcher:
 (a) is fit for the particular purpose of the operation; and
 (b) meets the requirements of, or is approved under, Part 21 of CASR; and
 (c) is serviceable.
 (5) For subsection (3), before the medical transport operation commences, the rotorcraft's operator must ensure the crew member has been trained in the fitting of the equipment and assessed as competent to fit the equipment.
 (6)