136First aid qualifications

#### 136 First aid qualifications 136 First aid qualifications > > (1) The approved provider of a centre-based service must ensure that each of the following persons are in attendance at any place where children are being educated and cared for by the service, and immediately available in an emergency, at all times that children are being educated and cared for by the service— > > > > > (a) at least one staff member or one nominated supervisor of the service who holds a current approved first aid qualification; > > > > > (b) at least one staff member or one nominated supervisor of the service who has undertaken current approved anaphylaxis management training; > > > > > (c) at least one staff member or one nominated supervisor of the service who has undertaken current approved emergency asthma management training. > > > > Penalty: $2200. > > > (2) If children are being educated and cared for at service premises on the site of a school, it is sufficient for the purposes of subregulation (1) if the following are in attendance at the school site and immediately available in an emergency— > > > > > (a) for the purposes of subregulation (1)(a), at least one staff member of the school who holds a current approved first aid qualification; > > > > > (b) for the purposes of subregulation (1)(b), at least one staff member of the school who has undertaken current approved anaphylaxis management training; > > > > > (c) for the purposes of subregulation (1)(c), at least one staff member of the school who has undertaken current approved emergency asthma management training. > > > (3) The approved provider of a family day care service must ensure that each family day care educator and family day care educator assistant engaged by or registered with the service— > > > > > (a) holds a current approved first aid qualification; and > > > > > (b) has undertaken current approved anaphylaxis management training; and > > > > > (c) has undertaken current approved emergency asthma management training. > > > > Penalty: $2200. > > > (4) The same person may hold one or more of the qualifications set out in subregulation (1). > > > (4A) For the purposes of this regulation and regulation 153— > > > > > (a) an approved first aid qualification is taken to be current if— > > > > > > > (i) in the case of emergency life support training and cardiopulmonary resuscitation training that forms part of the approved first aid qualification, the training was completed within the previous year; and > > > > > > > (ii) in the case of any other training that forms part of the approved first aid qualification, the training was completed within the previous 3 years; and > > > > > (b) approved anaphylaxis management training is taken to be current if the training was completed within the previous 3 years; and > > > > > (c) approved emergency asthma management training is taken to be current if the training was completed within the previous 3 years. > > > (5) In this regulation— > > > > approved anaphylaxis management training means anaphylaxis management training approved by the National Authority in accordance with Division 7; > > > > approved emergency asthma management training means emergency asthma management training approved by the National Authority in accordance with Division 7; > > > > approved first aid qualification means a qualification that— > > > > > (a) includes training in the following that relates to and is appropriate to children— > > > > > > > (i) emergency life support and cardio-pulmonary resuscitation; > > > > > > > (ii) convulsions; > > > > > > > (iii) poisoning; > > > > > > > (iv) respiratory difficulties; > > > > > > > (v) management of severe bleeding; > > > > > > > (vi) injury and basic wound care; > > > > > > > (vii) administration of an auto-immune adrenalin device; and > > > > > (b) has been approved by the National Authority in accordance with Division 7. > > Note. > > A compliance direction may be issued for failure to comply with subregulation (1). > > **Reg 136:** Am 2014 (260), reg 19; 2017 (543), reg 44; 2023 (399), reg 53.