6Certificates

6 Certificates

6 Certificates

(1) For the purposes of the definition of certificate in section 20D(1) of the Act, the prescribed form of the certificate is set out in Schedule 1.

(2) For the purposes of section 20D(2) of the Act, the following persons, if employed where the blood is to be removed, are prescribed witnesses—

(a) medical practitioners,

(b) nurses,

(c) persons employed to work as donor services nursing assistants at the Australian Red Cross Society,

(d) persons who have been nominated by their employer, and approved by the Secretary in writing, as appropriate persons to witness signatures.

(3) A certificate signed for the purposes of section 20D of the Act must be retained, for a period of not less than 10 years from the date on which it was signed, by—

(a) the person who removed the blood, or

(b) if the person who removed the blood did so in the person’s capacity as an employee or agent of some other person or body—that other person or body.

Maximum penalty—2 penalty units.