133Protection for certain persons who do not administer lifesaving treatment

#### 133 Protection for certain persons who do not administer lifesaving treatment 133 Protection for certain persons who do not administer lifesaving treatment > > (1) This section applies if a protected person, in good faith, does not administer lifesaving treatment to another person in circumstances in which— > > > > > (a) the other person has not requested the administration of lifesaving treatment, and > > > > > (b) the protected person believes on reasonable grounds the other person is dying after self-administering or being administered a prescribed substance in accordance with this Act. > > > (2) The protected person is not liable, civilly, criminally or under an administrative process, for not administering the lifesaving treatment. > > > (3) Without limiting subsection (2), the failure to administer the lifesaving treatment does not constitute— > > > > > (a) professional negligence or another contravention of a duty of care that would incur professional liability, or > > > > > (b) a contravention of professional ethics or standards or a departure from accepted standards of professional conduct, or > > > > > (c) unsatisfactory professional conduct or professional misconduct for the purposes of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law, or > > > > > (d) a contravention of principles of conduct applicable to the protected person’s employment. > > > (4) In this section— > > > > ambulance officer means a person employed or engaged, including on a voluntary basis, by the provider of an ambulance service to provide medical or other assistance to persons in an emergency. > > > > lifesaving treatment means— > > > > > (a) lifesaving medical treatment, or > > > > > (b) life-preserving medical treatment. > > > > protected person means— > > > > > (a) a registered health practitioner, or > > > > > (b) an ambulance officer, or > > > > > (c) a person, other than a person referred to in paragraph (a) or (b), who has a duty to administer lifesaving treatment to another person.