12Meaning of serious incident

12 Meaning of serious incident

12 Meaning of serious incident

For the purposes of the definition of serious incident in section 5(1) of the Law, each of the following is prescribed as a serious incident—

(a) the death of a child—

(i) while that child is being educated and cared for by an education and care service; or

(ii) following an incident occurring while that child was being educated and cared for by an education and care service;

(b) any incident involving serious injury or trauma to a child occurring while that child is being educated and cared for by an education and care service—

(i) which a reasonable person would consider required urgent medical attention from a registered medical practitioner; or

(ii) for which the child attended, or ought reasonably to have attended, a hospital;

Example.

A broken limb.

(c) any incident involving serious illness of a child occurring while that child is being educated and cared for by an education and care service for which the child attended, or ought reasonably to have attended, a hospital;

Example.

Severe asthma attack, seizure or anaphylaxis reaction.

(d) any emergency for which emergency services attended;

(e) any circumstance where a child being educated and cared for by an education and care service—

(i) appears to be missing or cannot be accounted for; or

(ii) appears to have been taken or removed from the education and care service premises in a manner that contravenes these Regulations; or

(iii) is mistakenly locked in or locked out of the education and care service premises or any part of the premises; or

(iv) appears to have been involved in a sexual offence or sexual misconduct, within the meaning of the Children’s Guardian Act 2019, Part 4.