34KGeneral rules for carrying out sampling procedures

34K General rules for carrying out sampling procedures

[Section 34K Inserted by No. 28 of 2014, s. 16, Applied:17 Dec 2014]

(1)  A sampling procedure –

(a) must be carried out by a person who is authorised to carry out a sampling procedure; and

(b) must be carried out in circumstances affording reasonable privacy to the young child undergoing the procedure; and

(c) is to be carried out in a manner consistent with appropriate medical or other relevant professional standards.

(2)  For the purposes of this Act, the following persons are authorised to carry out a sampling procedure:

(a) a medical practitioner;

(b) a dentist;

(c) a nurse;

(d) a police officer.

(3)  A person authorised to carry out a sampling procedure under subsection (2) may ask another person to help him or her carry out the procedure.

(4)  A person who is asked to help carry out a sampling procedure need not be –

(a) a medical practitioner; or

(b) a dentist; or

(c) a nurse; or

(d) a police officer.