South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current Acts5—Medical examinations by audio-visual conferencing
(1) A reference in
this Act to medical examination or examination of a person by a
medical practitioner or authorised mental health professional includes, if it
is not practicable in the circumstances for a medical practitioner or
authorised mental health professional to carry out an examination of the
person in the person's physical presence, a reference to an examination of the
person by the medical practitioner or authorised mental health professional by
means of audio-visual conferencing.
(2) In this
section—
"audio-visual conferencing" means any system of two-way communication linking
different places so that a person speaking at any 1 of the places can be seen
and heard at the other.