37LProtection from liability

37L Protection from liability

37L Protection from liability

(1) A medical practitioner does not incur any civil or criminal liability in respect of anything properly and necessarily done by the practitioner in the course of taking, or being provided with, a sample of blood or a non-invasive sample from a juvenile justice officer for the purpose of its being used by an analyst to detect the presence of alcohol or any prohibited drug if the practitioner—

(a) believed on reasonable grounds that he or she was required under this Act to take, or be provided with, the sample of blood or the non-invasive sample from the juvenile justice officer, or

(b) was informed by an authorised person that the juvenile justice officer was a person from whom the practitioner was required under this Act to take, or be provided with, the sample of blood or the non-invasive sample.

(2) Subsection (1) extends to a registered nurse, or any person acting under the supervision of the medical practitioner, who performs the functions of a medical practitioner under this Division in accordance with this Division or the regulations.

s 37L: Ins 2006 No 41, Sch 1 [18].