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Public Health Act 1997
42DExemption from licensing requirement—procedure
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42D Exemption from licensing requirement—procedure
accreditation schemes
(1) For section 42C (3), a person who performs a licensable public health
risk procedure is exempt from the requirement to be licensed if—
(a) the person is accredited in accordance with a procedure
accreditation scheme for the activity; and
(b) the person has not, during the previous year, contravened the
procedure accreditation standards for the scheme (as modified,
if at all, under section 42E); and
(c) the person has not, during the previous year, contravened this
Act or a corresponding public health risk law.
(2) The Minister may determine—
(a) procedure accreditation schemes for licensable public health
risk procedures; and
(b) procedure accreditation standards for procedure accreditation
schemes.