61Exemption for medical radiation practitioners

61 Exemption for medical radiation practitioners

(1)  In this regulation –

medical radiation practitioner means a person who –

(a) is registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Tasmania) in the medical radiation practice profession; and

(b) deals with a radiation source for the purposes of their employment;

registration number, of a medical radiation practitioner, means the registration number allocated to the practitioner upon the practitioner’s registration under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Tasmania) in the medical radiation practice profession.

(2)  A medical radiation practitioner, other than an approved radiation safety officer, is exempt from the operation of section 13(1) of the Act in respect of the use of a radiation source.

(3)  It is a condition of the exemption specified in subregulation (2) that –

(a) the medical radiation practitioner –

(i) has unconditional registration with the Medical Radiation Practice Board of Australia; and

(ii) has received the training specified in the approved radiation management plan in respect of the use of radiation sources; and

(b) the medical radiation practitioner deals with a radiation source in accordance with –

(i) the approved radiation management plan; and

(ii) the scope of practice that is relevant to the professional capabilities of the medical radiation practitioner; and

(c) the Director of Public Health receives a list of the medical radiation practitioners who have completed the training specified in the approved radiation management plan, at the following times:

(i) at the time of application for renewal of the licence;