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Carrying and using Methoxyflurane and other scheduled drugs in …

WebThe Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000 (NSW) was repealed and replaced by the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (NSW). Whenever they create a new …

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Accepting that involuntary treatment is an option under s 20 of …

WebI am seeing more views that NSW Paramedics should be able to take patients who are mentally ill or disordered under a s.20 are voluntary, but there is a …

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Mental Health Act (NSW) ss 20 and 22 and changing circumstances

WebThe Mental Health Act 2007 (NSW) s 20 says: (1) An ambulance officer who provides ambulance services in relation to a person may take the person to a declared …

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Revised Code of Conduct for non-registered health practitioners …

WebThe Public Health Regulation 2022 (NSW) commenced on 1 September 2022. An important part of this regulation is the Codes of conduct for non-registered …

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Treating those without capacity to refuse consent

WebToday’s question comes from a NSW Paramedic and again raises the touchy issue of s 20 of the Mental Health Act 2007 (NSW). My correspondent writes: I have a …

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Treating the incompetent intoxicated patient

WebThe point of the Mental Health Act 2007 (NSW) where it relates to involuntary treatment is to allow treatment to be given to a person who is competent but …

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Good Samaritan legislation and scope of practice

WebA ‘ “good samaritan” is a person who, in good faith and without expectation of payment or other reward, comes to the assistance of a person who is apparently injured …

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Paramedics and compulsory treatment of the mentally ill in Victoria

WebToday’s question relates to the provisions of the Mental Health Act 2014 (Vic). My correspondent says: Section 351 of the mental health act outlines police and …

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Can a private hospital refuse to treat a patient

WebPrivate Mental Health hospitals can not accept responsibility for Sheduled patients ( under the Mental Health Act ). Even if a private patient voluntarily checked into …

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NT Paramedics and the mentally ill – Australian Emergency Law

WebA paramedic from the Northern Territory writes: I've had a number of Mental Health patients recently and still have some confusion on involuntary detainment, …

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Presumption of mental capacity in the Mental Health Act 2014 (WA)

WebThe general rule is that a patient is presumed to have the capacity to make medical and other decisions on their own behalf unless and until it is established that …

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Taking photos inside a hospital – Australian Emergency Law

WebA nurse from WA has a: … question relating to the public taking photographs of medical staff in a patient’s hospital room. I know in most circumstances a person can …

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Mentally ill, mentally disordered, mentally disturbed or just injured

WebDoes a brain injury equal a mental disturbance? That is the question implied by a NSW Ambulance paramedic who writes: Where a patient does not have a …

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Assessing capacity when the patient won’t cooperate

WebToday’s correspondent, a NSW paramedic, seeks: … advice about how to ascertain C+C [Competency and Capacity] when a patient won’t engage with the …

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Not for Resuscitation in Western Australia

WebA West Australian paramedic asks: … a few questions regarding the legality of ‘not for resuscitation’ (NFR) forms in Western Australia. Frequently we are given not for …

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Treatment outside ‘clinical scope’

WebDiscussion on the law that applies to or affects Australia's emergency services and emergency management, by Michael Eburn, PhD, Australian Lawyer. …

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Paramedics and Patient confidentiality – Australian Emergency Law

WebAustralian Emergency Law. Discussion on the law that applies to or affects Australia's emergency services and emergency management, by Michael Eburn, PhD, …

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Paramedics and drawing professional boundaries

WebProfessional boundaries refers to the clear separation that should exist between professional conduct aimed at meeting the health needs of patients or clients …

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“A straight forward answer to a DNR”

WebAustralian Emergency Law. Discussion on the law that applies to or affects Australia's emergency services and emergency management, by Michael Eburn, PhD, …

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