Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

EMERGENCIES AMENDMENT ACT 2016 (NO. 33 OF 2016) - SECT 16

Section 35 (2) to (4)

substitute

    (2)     A direction by the chief officer (ambulance service) may be about the following:

        (a)     the provision of medical treatment (a medical treatment direction );

        (b)     the scope of practice of an ambulance service member (a scope of practice direction ).

    (3)     A direction by a chief officer of an emergency service (other than a medical treatment direction or a scope of practice direction) must, if practicable, be in accordance with any direction of the commissioner and the commissioner's guidelines.

    (4)     A medical treatment direction and a scope of practice direction must, if practicable, be in accordance with medical treatment standards.

    (5)     In this section:

"scope of practice", for an ambulance service member, means the manner in which an ambulance service member may practise as a member, including, for example, the aspects of practice that an ambulance service member may undertake.

Note     An example is part of the Act, is not exhaustive and may extend, but does not limit, the meaning of the provision in which it appears (see Legislation Act

, s 126 and s 132).