South Australian Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

NURSES ACT 1999 - SECT 55

55—Retrievals, emergencies etc

        (1)         A person who is registered by a registering authority for nurses in another State and who practises nursing in this State solely for the purposes of—

            (a)         assisting in the retrieval or escorting of a patient; or

            (b)         assisting in the transportation of human organs or tissue; or

            (c)         assisting in an emergency,

will be taken to be a registered nurse while so practising.

        (2)         It is a defence to a charge that a person provided nursing care contrary to this Act or in contravention of a condition imposed under this Act for the person to prove that the nursing care was provided in an emergency.