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Rail Safety National Law (Queensland) Act 2017
sec.16Qualified assistants
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### sec.16 Qualified assistants
For this part, a person is a qualified assistant if the person’s duties include the taking of blood.
A qualified assistant may take a specimen of a rail safety worker’s blood only if directed to take the specimen by a doctor or nurse.
In a proceeding for an offence against the national law, part 3 , unless the contrary is proved, a qualified assistant who takes a specimen of blood from a rail safety worker for a laboratory test is taken to have been directed by a doctor or nurse to take the specimen.
(sec.16-ssec.1) For this part, a person is a qualified assistant if the person’s duties include the taking of blood.
(sec.16-ssec.2) A qualified assistant may take a specimen of a rail safety worker’s blood only if directed to take the specimen by a doctor or nurse.
(sec.16-ssec.3) In a proceeding for an offence against the national law, part 3 , unless the contrary is proved, a qualified assistant who takes a specimen of blood from a rail safety worker for a laboratory test is taken to have been directed by a doctor or nurse to take the specimen.