8Provision of health care services by visiting health professionals

8 Provision of health care services by visiting health professionals

8 Provision of health care services by visiting health professionals

(1) A visiting health professional, for the purposes of this Act, is authorised to provide health care services to visitors for whom the health professional has been appointed, employed, contracted or otherwise engaged to provide those services as referred to in section 7.

(2) This section operates in relation to a visiting health professional only:

(a) during the exemption period for the relevant special event, and

(b) while the health professional is complying with the provisions of this Act, the regulations and any relevant conditions imposed in accordance with this Act.