6Children’s health services

6 Children’s health services

6 Children’s health services

(1) Work as a health practitioner providing health services in wards of hospitals where children are treated is child-related work.

(2) Other work as a health practitioner providing child health services is child-related work.

(3) Work by persons (other than health practitioners) who provide health and care services in paediatric or adolescent health services is child-related work.

(3A) For the purposes of section 6(3A) of the Act, any direct contact that a worker has with a child or children when engaged in work referred to in subclause (1), (2) or (3) is taken to be a usual part of and more than incidental to the work.

Note.

A worker who is found to be engaged in child-related work may still be exempt from the requirement to obtain a working with children check clearance if the worker is exempted by a provision of Part 4 of this Regulation.

(4) Work as a student in the course of a student clinical placement in a hospital or other health service is not child-related work.

(5) In this clause—

health practitioner means—

(a) a registered health practitioner within the meaning of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NSW), and

(b) any other individual who provides a health service.

health service includes the following—

(a) medical, hospital and nursing and midwifery services,

(b) dental services,

(c) mental health services,

(d) pharmaceutical services,

(e) ambulance services,

(f) community health services,

(g) health education services,

(h) welfare services necessary to implement any services referred to in paragraphs (a)–(g),

(i) services provided in connection with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practices and medical radiation practices,