24NEPT vehicles

24 NEPT vehicles

(1)  Each NEPT vehicle of an NEPT Service must comply with, at a minimum, the following requirements:

(a) that all stretchers, seats and restraints within the vehicle are –

(i) positioned in the vehicle to enable safe assessment or observation of, and interaction with, patients being transported in the vehicle; and

(ii) installed and maintained in accordance with each relevant AS/NZS standard, as amended or substituted from time to time;

(b) that the patient being transported in the vehicle is transported in a way that allows them to be –

(i) lawfully transported; and

(ii) visually monitored at all times by a crew member;

(c) that the vehicle is fitted with facilities that allow the vehicle to be heated and cooled as appropriate in the circumstances;

(d) that the vehicle is fitted with interior lighting which may be adjusted from the patient compartment;

(e) that the interior of the vehicle is able to be easily cleaned to the standard required to maintain infection control in accordance with –

(i) the infection prevention and control management plan, established for the Service; and

(ii) the infection control guidelines.

(2)  In addition to the requirements specified in subregulation (1) , each NEPT vehicle that is a motor vehicle must, at a minimum, have all external windows, through which a patient in the NEPT vehicle may be seen, tinted to a degree that maintains patient privacy while still complying with the Vehicle Standards.

(3)  Nothing in this regulation lowers, or removes, a standard or requirement in place in respect of an NEPT vehicle under the Act, any other Act or an authorisation.