Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00156:section:3aa
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00156
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 3AA
Character Range: 54089–55112

3AA  Approved pathology practitioners to ensure proper supervision of pathology services
 (1) For the purposes of this Act, a pathology service is not taken to be rendered on behalf of an approved pathology practitioner unless the practitioner has arranged for proper supervision of the rendering of the service.
 (2) For the purposes of this Act, an approved pathology practitioner is not taken to have arranged for proper supervision of the rendering of a pathology service unless the practitioner:
 (a) ensures that a properly qualified person supervises the rendering of the service; and
 (b) has personal responsibility for the proper rendering of the service.
 (3) The question whether an approved pathology practitioner ensured that a properly qualified person supervised the rendering of a pathology service is to be determined in accordance with principles determined under subsection (4) by the Minister.
 (4) The Minister may, by legislative instrument, determine principles for the purposes of subsection (3).