19Qualifications and experience of crew members generally

19 Qualifications and experience of crew members generally

(1)  The licensee of an NEPT Service must ensure that –

(a) the relevant training, qualifications and registrations of each crew member of the Service are current and in force; and

(b) the scope of clinical practice of each crew member of the Service is determined in accordance with the crew member's qualifications, experience and competence; and

(c) the licensee receives evidence of the currency of the qualifications and registrations of each crew member of the Service; and

(d) each crew member employed by the licensee only operates within his or her determined scope of practice; and

(e) each crew member holds a current registration under the Registration to Work with Vulnerable People Act 2013 ; and

(f) each crew member, who is intending to operate an NEPT vehicle of the Service, holds a current and valid licence that authorises the crew member to operate the vehicle; and

(g) each crew member is immunised with all recommended vaccines specified for a healthcare worker, as a person at increased risk of certain occupationally acquired vaccine-preventable diseases, in The Australian Immunisation Handbook, issued by the Australian Department of Health and as amended or substituted from time to time.

(2)  The licensee of an NEPT Service must ensure that each crew member of the Service –

(a) is a suitable person to provide non-emergency patient transport services; and

(b) does not present a risk to public safety while providing those services; and

(c) in respect of a patient of the Service, has the necessary knowledge, skills and competence to provide non-emergency patient transport services to that patient.

(3)  In determining whether a crew member of an NEPT Service is a suitable person under subregulation (2) , the licensee of the Service must take into account, but is not limited to taking into account –

(a) the crew member's criminal history, including any convictions for offences under the Traffic Act 1925 , or the Vehicle and Traffic Act 1999 , where the maximum penalty for the offence includes a term of imprisonment of at least 3 months; and

(b) any sanctions taken by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency, established under section 23 of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Tasmania), in respect of the crew member.