Health Practitioners (Special Events Exemption) Act 1998


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Health Practitioners (Special Events Exemption) Act 1998
Queensland Health Practitioners (Special Events Exemption) Act 1998 Current as at 1 July 2014 Reprint note This is the last reprint before repeal. Repealed on 1 January 2015 by 2014 Act No. 60 s 85.
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Queensland Health Practitioners (Special Events Exemption) Act 1998 Contents Part 1 1 2 Part 2 3 4 5 Part 3 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Part 4 13 14 Part 5 15 16 17 18 Schedule Page Preliminary Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Main purpose of Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Interpretation Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Meaning of visiting health practitioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Meaning of visitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Special events exemption for visiting health practitioners Declaration of special events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Special event notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Provision of health care services by visiting health practitioners . 5 Conditions on provision of health care services by visiting health practitioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Issue of prescriptions and supply of certain substances . . . . . . . 6 Storage of restricted or controlled drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Exemptions relating to offences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Monitoring Monitoring the prescribing and supplying of certain substances . 9 Dispensers to forward copies of prescriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Miscellaneous Complaints about visiting health practitioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Act does not limit the practice of local health practitioners. . . . . . 10 Proceedings for offences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Regulation-making power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Dictionary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Health Practitioners (Special Events Exemption) Act 1998 Contents Endnotes 1 2 3 4 5 Index to endnotes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Table of reprints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . List of legislation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . List of annotations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 14 14 15 18 Page 2
Health Practitioners (Special Events Exemption) Act 1998 Part 1 Preliminary [s 1] Health Practitioners (Special Events Exemption) Act 1998 [as amended by all amendments that commenced on or before 1 July 2014] An Act to allow visiting health practitioners to provide health care services in the State for special events without becoming registered under State law, and for other purposes Part 1 Preliminary 1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Health Practitioners (Special Events Exemption) Act 1998 . 2 Main purpose of Act The main purpose of this Act is to allow for exempting visiting health practitioners from having to register under State law when in the State for particular sporting, cultural or other events. Part 2 Interpretation 3 Definitions The dictionary in the schedule defines particular words used in this Act. Current as at 1 July 2014 Page 3
Health Practitioners (Special Events Exemption) Act 1998 Part 3 Special events exemption for visiting health practitioners [s 4] 4 Meaning of visiting health practitioner A person is a visiting health practitioner if— (a) the person is an individual who is a resident of another country; and (b) the person is appointed, employed, contracted or otherwise engaged to provide health care services to a visitor; and (c) notification is given of the person’s intention to provide the health care services in the State to the visitor under the procedure stated in the special event notice for the special event concerned. 5 Meaning of visitor A person is a visitor if— (a) the person is a resident of another country who is in the State to officially participate in, or prepare for, a special event; or (b) the person is a resident of Australia who is in the State for a purpose mentioned in paragraph (a) and is a member of a group the majority of the members of which are persons mentioned in paragraph (a) who are in the State for the same purpose. Part 3 Special events exemption for visiting health practitioners 6 Declaration of special events (1) A regulation may declare a sporting, cultural or other event to be a special event for this Act. (2) The regulation must be for— Page 4 Current as at 1 July 2014
Health Practitioners (Special Events Exemption) Act 1998 Part 3 Special events exemption for visiting health practitioners [s 7] (a) an event taking place, or to take place, in the State that will or is likely to attract a significant number of participants from other countries; or (b) an event taking place, or to take place, in another State that will or is likely to attract a significant number of participants from other countries some of whom are likely to come to this State to prepare for the event. (3) The regulation must state a period when an exemption under this Act has effect for the special event (the exemption period ). (4) The exemption period for the special event may include a period before or after the special event takes place. 7 Special event notice (1) The Minister may publish a notice in the gazette for a special event (a special event notice ). (2) The notice must state a procedure for section 4(c) by which notification is to be given of a person’s intention to provide health care services in the State to a visitor. (3) The stated procedure may require the giving of information. 8 Provision of health care services by visiting health practitioners (1) A visiting health practitioner is authorised to provide health care services to a visitor if the health practitioner has been appointed, employed, contracted or otherwise engaged to provide the services for the visitor and the notification for the practitioner mentioned in section 4(c) relates to the visitor. (2) Subsection (1) applies to a visiting health practitioner only— (a) during the exemption period for the special event to which the notification relates; and (b) while the health practitioner is complying with this Act and conditions imposed under this Act. Current as at 1 July 2014 Page 5
Health Practitioners (Special Events Exemption) Act 1998 Part 3 Special events exemption for visiting health practitioners [s 9] 9 Conditions on provision of health care services by visiting health practitioners A special event notice may impose conditions on the provision of health care services by a visiting health practitioner. 10 Issue of prescriptions and supply of certain substances (1) A special event notice may— (a) authorise a visiting health practitioner to issue prescriptions for a restricted or controlled drug in the course of providing health care services under this Act; and (b) authorise a dispenser to dispense a restricted or controlled drug on a prescription issued under paragraph (a); and (c) authorise a visiting health practitioner to be supplied with an S2 or S3 substance by wholesale for the practitioner to provide health care services under this Act; and (d) authorise a wholesaler to supply an S2 or S3 substance by wholesale to a visiting health practitioner authorised under paragraph (c). (2) However a special event notice must not contain an authorisation under subsection (1) unless the Minister is satisfied adequate arrangements are in place to ensure the substance concerned will only be prescribed for and supplied to persons to whom visiting health practitioners are authorised to provide health care services under this Act. (3) A special event notice may impose conditions on an authorisation under this section conferred by the notice. Page 6 Current as at 1 July 2014
Health Practitioners (Special Events Exemption) Act 1998 Part 3 Special events exemption for visiting health practitioners [s 11] 11 Storage of restricted or controlled drugs A visiting health practitioner must ensure a restricted or controlled drug in the visiting health practitioner’s possession is kept— (a) in a secure place under the visiting health practitioner’s personal control; and (b) in accordance with written directions given to the practitioner by the chief executive. 12 Exemptions relating to offences (1) A visiting health practitioner does not commit an offence under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Queensland), the Health (Drugs and Poisons) Regulation 1996 , or the Drugs Misuse Act 1986 by— Editor’s note A visiting health practitioner who provides health care services otherwise than in accordance with section 8 of this Act loses the exemption given by section 12 in relation to the commission of offences under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Queensland), the Health (Drugs and Poisons) Regulation 1996 or the Drugs Misuse Act 1986 . (a) providing health care services authorised under this Act; or (b) if a substance is a substance that may be lawfully possessed, supplied or administered by a local health practitioner—possessing, supplying or administering the substance in the course of providing the authorised health care services; or (c) prescribing under this Act a restricted or controlled drug in the course of providing the authorised health care services; or (d) holding himself or herself out as being able to provide the authorised health care services; or Current as at 1 July 2014 Page 7
Health Practitioners (Special Events Exemption) Act 1998 Part 3 Special events exemption for visiting health practitioners [s 12] (e) using a title, reference to a qualification, description, word, letter or symbol the visiting health practitioner ordinarily uses. (2) A visitor does not commit an offence under the Health (Drugs and Poisons) Regulation 1996 or the Drugs Misuse Act 1986 , by doing any thing, or possessing a substance, as a result of being provided with health care services under this Act. (3) A dispenser does not commit an offence under the Health (Drugs and Poisons) Regulation 1996 by, under a prescription issued by a visiting health practitioner, dispensing a restricted or controlled drug if— (a) the dispenser believes, on reasonable grounds, the health practitioner is authorised under this Act to issue the prescription; and (b) the dispenser is authorised under this Act to dispense the drug on the prescription of a visiting health practitioner authorised under this Act to issue the prescription. (4) A wholesaler does not commit an offence under the Health (Drugs and Poisons) Regulation 1996 or the Drugs Misuse Act 1986 , by supplying an S2 or S3 substance by wholesale to a visiting health practitioner if— (a) the wholesaler believes, on reasonable grounds, the visiting health practitioner is authorised under this Act to be supplied with the substance by wholesale; and (b) the wholesaler is authorised under this Act to supply the substance by wholesale to a visiting health practitioner authorised under this Act to be supplied with the substance by wholesale; and (c) the wholesaler is complying with the conditions to which the person’s licence is subject under the Health (Drugs and Poisons) Regulation 1996 . Page 8 Current as at 1 July 2014
Part 4 Health Practitioners (Special Events Exemption) Act 1998 Part 4 Monitoring [s 13] Monitoring 13 Monitoring the prescribing and supplying of certain substances The chief executive must monitor the prescribing of restricted and controlled drugs by visiting health practitioners, and the supplying of S2 and S3 substances by wholesalers, under a special event notice. 14 Dispensers to forward copies of prescriptions (1) This section applies to a dispenser who, under a special event notice, dispenses a restricted or controlled drug. (2) The dispenser must, within 14 days of dispensing the drug, give to the chief executive a copy of the prescription on which the drug was dispensed. Maximum penalty—40 penalty units. (3) For subsection (2), the copy of the prescription must clearly show the type and quantity of the drug to which the prescription relates. Part 5 Miscellaneous 15 Complaints about visiting health practitioners (1) A complaint may not be made about a visiting health practitioner under the Health Ombudsman Act 2013. (2) However, subsection (1) does not apply to a complaint for an offence or prevent the bringing of proceedings for an offence. (3) Subsection (1) does not apply to a visiting health practitioner who is registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law. Current as at 1 July 2014 Page 9
Health Practitioners (Special Events Exemption) Act 1998 Part 5 Miscellaneous [s 16] 16 Act does not limit the practice of local health practitioners This Act does not prejudice or affect the lawful occupation, trade or business of a person in the person’s capacity as a local health practitioner. 17 Proceedings for offences A proceeding for an offence against this Act may be taken in a summary way under the Justices Act 1886 . 18 Regulation-making power The Governor in Council may make regulations under this Act. Page 10 Current as at 1 July 2014
Schedule Health Practitioners (Special Events Exemption) Act 1998 Schedule Dictionary section 3 administer , a substance, means give a person a single treatment dose of the substance. controlled drug has the meaning given in the Health (Drugs and Poisons) Regulation 1996 . Editor’s note Health (Drugs and Poisons) Regulation 1996 , appendix 9— controlled drug means an S8 substance. dispense means sell or offer to sell on prescription. dispenser means a person who, under the Health (Drugs and Poisons) Regulation 1996 , may dispense a restricted or controlled drug. exemption period see section 6(3). health care services means services ordinarily provided by chiropractors, dental prosthetists, dentists, medical practitioners, medical radiation technologists, nurses, occupational therapists, optometrists, osteopaths, pharmacists, physiotherapists, podiatrists and psychologists. local health practitioner means a person registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law. possess , a substance, includes— (a) have custody or control of the substance; or (b) have an ability or right to obtain custody or control of the substance. prepare includes the following— (a) train; (b) practise; (c) rehearse; Current as at 1 July 2014 Page 11
Health Practitioners (Special Events Exemption) Act 1998 Schedule (d) acclimatise. prescription means a written direction authorising a dispenser to dispense a stated restricted or controlled drug. restricted drug has the meaning given in the Health (Drugs and Poisons) Regulation 1996 . Editor’s note Health (Drugs and Poisons) Regulation 1996 , appendix 9 restricted drug means an S4 substance. S2 substance or S3 substance means a substance classified S2 or S3 under the Health (Drugs and Poisons) Regulation 1996 . Editor’s note Health (Drugs and Poisons) Regulation 1996 , section 5, the expression S2 , S3 , S4 , S5 , S6 , S7 , S8 or S9 means— (a) if followed by a controlled drug, restricted drug or a poison—the drug or poison in the schedule to the standard with the number given in the expression; or (b) if followed by ‘poison’ or ‘substance’ without naming a poison or substance—any poison in the schedule to the standard with the number given in the expression. Examples 1 If a provision mentions ‘S2 fluorides’, it means fluorides in schedule 2 to the standard, i.e., fluorides in preparations for topical human therapeutic use. 2 If a provision mentions ‘S3 fluorides’, it means fluorides in schedule 3 to the standard, i.e., fluorides in dentifrices containing more than 1000mg/kg of fluoride ion. Fluorides may also be included in other schedules, for example as S4, S5 or S6 poisons. 3 If a provision mentions ‘S7 poison’, it means any poison in schedule 7 to the standard. special event means an event declared to be a special event under section 6(1). special event notice see section 7(1). supply includes— (a) distribute, give or sell; and Page 12 Current as at 1 July 2014
Health Practitioners (Special Events Exemption) Act 1998 Schedule (b) offer or agree to distribute, give or sell; and (c) cause or permit to be distributed, given or sold; and (d) attempt to supply or do an act mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (c). visiting health practitioner see section 4. visitor see section 5. wholesaler , in relation to the supply of an S2 or S3 substance, means a person who, under the Health (Drugs and Poisons) Regulation 1996 , is licensed to supply the substance by wholesale. Current as at 1 July 2014 Page 13
Health Practitioners (Special Events Exemption) Act 1998 Endnotes Endnotes 1 Index to endnotes Page 2 Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 3 Table of reprints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 4 List of legislation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 5 List of annotations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 2 Key Key to abbreviations in list of legislation and annotations Key AIA amd amdt ch def div exp gaz hdg ins lap notfd num o in c om orig p para prec pres prev Explanation = Acts Interpretation Act 1954 = amended = amendment = chapter = definition = division = expires/expired = gazette = heading = inserted = lapsed = notified = numbered = order in council = omitted = original = page = paragraph = preceding = present = previous Key (prev) proc prov pt pubd R[X] RA reloc renum rep (retro) rv s sch sdiv SIA SIR SL sub unnum Explanation = previously = proclamation = provision = part = published = Reprint No. [X] = Reprints Act 1992 = relocated = renumbered = repealed = retrospectively = revised version = section = schedule = subdivision = Statutory Instruments Act 1992 = Statutory Instruments Regulation 2012 = subordinate legislation = substituted = unnumbered 3 Table of reprints A new reprint of the legislation is prepared by the Office of the Queensland Parliamentary Counsel each time a change to the legislation takes effect. The notes column for this reprint gives details of any discretionary editorial powers under the Reprints Act 1992 used by the Office of the Queensland Parliamentary Counsel in preparing it. Section 5(c) and (d) of the Act are not mentioned as they contain mandatory Page 14 Current as at 1 July 2014
Health Practitioners (Special Events Exemption) Act 1998 Endnotes requirements that all amendments be included and all necessary consequential amendments be incorporated, whether of punctuation, numbering or another kind. Further details of the use of any discretionary editorial power noted in the table can be obtained by contacting the Office of the Queensland Parliamentary Counsel by telephone on 3003 9601 or email legislation.queries@oqpc.qld.gov.au. From 29 January 2013, all Queensland reprints are dated and authorised by the Parliamentary Counsel. The previous numbering system and distinctions between printed and electronic reprints is not continued with the relevant details for historical reprints included in this table. Reprint No. 1 1A 1B 1C 1D 1E 1F 2 Amendments to 1998 Act No. 41 2000 Act No. 46 2001 Act No. 16 2001 Act No. 16 2001 Act No. 16 2001 Act No. 16 2001 Act No. 16 2001 Act No. 16 Effective 21 December 1998 25 October 2000 1 January 2002 1 February 2002 1 March 2002 1 May 2002 12 May 2002 12 May 2002 Reprint date 18 May 1999 3 November 2000 11 January 2002 8 February 2002 15 March 2002 1 May 2002 21 May 2002 7 June 2002 Reprint No. 2A 2B 3 3A 3B Amendments included 2003 Act No. 9 2006 Act No. 25 2010 Act No. 14 2012 Act No. 10 Effective 28 March 2003 1 July 2006 1 July 2006 1 July 2010 1 July 2012 Notes R2B withdrawn, see R3 Current as at 20 May 2013 1 July 2014 Amendments included 2013 Act No. 13 2013 Act No. 36 Notes RA s 35 4 List of legislation Health Practitioners (Special Events Exemption) Act 1998 No. 40 date of assent 27 November 1998 commenced on date of assent amending legislation— Health and Other Legislation Amendment Act 1998 No. 41 ss 1, 2(2), 14(1) sch 1 (this Act is amended, see amending legislation below) date of assent 27 November 1998 ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent remaining provisions commenced 21 December 1998 (1998 SL No. 346) amending legislation— Current as at 1 July 2014 Page 15
Health Practitioners (Special Events Exemption) Act 1998 Endnotes Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1999 No. 19 ss 1–3 sch (amends 1998 No. 41 above) date of assent 30 April 1999 ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent remaining provisions commenced 27 November 1998 (see s 2, sch) Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2000 No. 46 ss 1, 3 sch date of assent 25 October 2000 commenced on date of assent Chiropractors Registration Act 2001 No. 3 ss 1–2, 241 sch 2 date of assent 11 May 2001 ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent remaining provisions commenced 1 May 2002 (2002 SL No. 73) Dental Practitioners Registration Act 2001 No. 4 ss 1–2, 267 sch 2 date of assent 11 May 2001 ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent remaining provisions commenced 1 January 2002 (2001 SL No. 258) Dental Technicians and Dental Prosthetists Registration Act 2001 No. 5 ss 1–2, 247 sch 2 date of assent 11 May 2001 ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent remaining provisions commenced 1 May 2002 (2002 SL No. 74) Medical Practitioners Registration Act 2001 No. 7 ss 1–2, 302 sch 2 date of assent 11 May 2001 ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent remaining provisions commenced 1 March 2002 (2002 SL No. 30) Medical Radiation Technologists Registration Act 2001 No. 8 ss 1–2, 237 sch 2 date of assent 11 May 2001 ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent remaining provisions commenced 12 May 2002 (automatic commencement under AIA s 15DA(2)) Occupational Therapists Registration Act 2001 No. 9 ss 1–2, 239 sch 2 date of assent 11 May 2001 ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent remaining provisions commenced 1 February 2002 (2001 SL No. 259) Optometrists Registration Act 2001 No. 10 ss 1–2, 237 sch 2 date of assent 11 May 2001 ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent remaining provisions commenced 1 February 2002 (2001 SL No. 260) Pharmacists Registration Act 2001 No. 12 ss 1–2, 245 sch 2 date of assent 11 May 2001 ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent remaining provisions commenced 1 February 2002 (2001 SL No. 261) Page 16 Current as at 1 July 2014
Health Practitioners (Special Events Exemption) Act 1998 Endnotes Physiotherapists Registration Act 2001 No. 13 ss 1–2, 242 sch 2 date of assent 11 May 2001 ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent remaining provisions commenced 1 February 2002 (2001 SL No. 262) Podiatrists Registration Act 2001 No. 14 ss 1–2, 238 sch 2 date of assent 11 May 2001 ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent remaining provisions commenced 1 May 2002 (2002 SL No. 76) Psychologists Registration Act 2001 No. 15 ss 1–2, 255 sch 2 date of assent 11 May 2001 ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent remaining provisions commenced 1 May 2002 (2002 SL No. 77) Speech Pathologists Registration Act 2001 No. 16 ss 1–2, 236 sch 2 date of assent 11 May 2001 ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent remaining provisions commenced 1 February 2002 (2001 SL No. 263) Health and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2003 No. 9 ss 1, 67 sch date of assent 28 March 2003 commenced on date of assent Health Quality and Complaints Commission Act 2006 No. 25 ss 1–2(1), 241(1) sch 3 date of assent 29 May 2006 ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent remaining provisions commenced 1 July 2006 (see s 2(1)) Health Legislation (Health Practitioner Regulation National Law) Amendment Act 2010 No. 14 ss 1, 124 sch date of assent 21 April 2010 ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent remaining provisions commenced 1 July 2010 (see s 2) Health Legislation (Health Practitioner Regulation National Law) Amendment Act 2012 No. 10 pts 1, 12 date of assent 27 June 2012 ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent remaining provisions commenced 1 July 2012 (see s 2) Health Practitioner Registration and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2013 No. 13 ss 1–2(1), pt 9 date of assent 27 March 2013 ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent remaining provisions commenced 20 May 2013 (2013 SL No. 69 item 1) Health Ombudsman Act 2013 No. 36 ss 1–2, 331 sch 1 date of assent 29 August 2013 ss 1–2 commenced on date of assent remaining provisions commenced 1 July 2014 (2014 SL No. 15) Current as at 1 July 2014 Page 17
Health Practitioners (Special Events Exemption) Act 1998 Endnotes 5 List of annotations Storage of restricted or controlled drugs s 11 amd 1998 No. 41 s 14(1) sch 1 (amd 1999 No. 19 s 3 sch) Exemptions relating to offences s 12 amd 2013 No. 13 s 57 Monitoring the prescribing and supplying of certain substances s 13 amd 1998 No. 41 s 14(1) sch 1 (amd 1999 No. 19 s 3 sch) Dispensers to forward copies of prescriptions s 14 amd 1998 No. 41 s 14(1) sch 1 (amd 1999 No. 19 s 3 sch) Complaints about visiting health practitioners s 15 amd 2000 No. 46 s 3 sch; 2006 No. 25 s 241(1) sch 3; 2013 No. 13 s 58; 2013 No. 36 s 331 sch 1 SCHEDULE—DICTIONARY def health care services amd 2003 No. 9 s 67 sch; 2013 No. 13 s 59(1) def health registration Act amd 2001 No. 3 s 241 sch 2; 2001 No. 4 s 267 sch 2; 2001 No. 5 s 247 sch 2; 2001 No. 7 s 302 sch 2; 2001 No. 8 s 237 sch 2; 2001 No. 9 s 239 sch 2; 2001 No. 10 s 237 sch 2; 2001 No. 12 s 245 sch 2; 2001 No. 13 s 242 sch 2; 2001 No. 14 s 238 sch 2; 2001 No. 15 s 255 sch 2; 2001 No. 16 s 236 sch 2 sub 2010 No. 14 s 124 sch amd 2012 No. 10 s 31 om 2013 No. 13 s 59(2) def local health practitioner amd 2013 No. 13 s 59(3) © State of Queensland 2014 Authorised by the Parliamentary Counsel Page 18 Current as at 1 July 2014