48ADefinitions

48A Definitions

S. 48A def. of approved health professional amended by No. 25/2025 s. 104.

approved health professional means—

(a) a person registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law—

(i) to practise in the nursing and midwifery profession as a nurse (other than as a midwife or as a student); and

(ii) in the registered nurses division of that profession; or

(b) a person approved under section 48B to take a blood sample for the purposes of the Rail Safety National Law (Victoria) and this Part; or

(c) a person or a member of a class of person prescribed by the regulations;

assessment of drug impairment means an assessment under sections 48O and 48P;

breath analysing instrument means a breath analysing instrument within the meaning of the Road Safety Act 1986;

breath analysis means an analysis of breath by a breath analysing instrument;

Chief Commissioner of Police means the Chief Commissioner of Police appointed under section 17 of the Victoria Police Act 2013;

corresponding law means a law of another State or a Territory that creates an offence substantially similar to an offence created by section 128(1) of the Rail Safety National Law (Victoria) or section 48H(1);

drug screening test means a test by means of a device prescribed for the purpose of conducting drug screening tests;

oral fluid analysis means an analysis of oral fluid by means of a device prescribed for the purpose of conducting oral fluid analyses;

prescribed concentration of alcohol has the same meaning as in section 128(5) of the Rail Safety National Law (Victoria);

prescribed drug has the same meaning as in section 128(5) of the Rail Safety National Law (Victoria);

properly qualified analyst has the same meaning as in section 57B of the Road Safety Act 1986;

registered medical practitioner means a person registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law to practise in the medical profession (other than as a student);