Victorian Numbered Regulations

CHILDREN'S SERVICES FURTHER AMENDMENT REGULATIONS 2008 (SR NO 120 OF 2008) - REG 13

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After Schedule 2 of the Principal Regulations insert —

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SCHEDULE 3

ANAPHYLAXIS MANAGEMENT POLICY

Regulation 34A

        1     Prescribed matters

The prescribed matters to be included in the anaphylaxis management policy are—

        (a)     the procedures for the training of staff, to comply with, at a minimum, regulations 26(2) and 26(3);

        (b)     the practices and procedures to ensure compliance with regulations 16(m), 16(p), 19(1)(e), 19(1)(f), 20(1)(j), 20(2)(j), 20(2A), 31(2)(c) and 37(2)(b);

        (c)     a requirement that a risk minimisation plan for each child being cared for or educated by the children's service who has been diagnosed as at risk of anaphylaxis must be developed by the proprietor of the children's service in consultation with the child's parents or guardian;

        (d)     a requirement that the proprietor must obtain an anaphylaxis medical management plan from the child's parents or guardian in accordance with clause 2 for each child being cared for or educated by the children's service who has been diagnosed as at risk of anaphylaxis;

        (e)     a requirement that if a child who has been diagnosed as at risk of anaphylaxis has an anaphylactic episode while being cared for or educated by the children's service, the child's anaphylaxis medical management plan must be followed;

        (f)     a requirement that the risk minimisation plan referred to in clause 1(c) must, at a minimum, include the matters contained in clause 3; and

        (g)     a communication plan including, at a minimum, the matters contained in clause 4.

        2     Anaphylaxis medical management plan

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An anaphylaxis medical management plan for a child must—

        (a)     be an individual plan for that child; and

        (b)     be signed by the registered medical practitioner who is treating the child at the date it is signed; and

        (c)     describe the prescribed anaphylaxis medication for that child.

        3     Risk minimisation plan

For each child being cared for or educated at the children's service who has been diagnosed as at risk of anaphylaxis, the risk minimisation plan must include—

        (a)     an assessment of the risks to the child of anaphylaxis at the children's service and how those risks can be minimised, reviewed and documented;

        (b)     practices and procedures regarding how the risks in paragraph (a) can be managed and minimised;

        (c)     if relevant to the child, practices and procedures regarding the safe handling, preparation, consumption and service of food, including but not limited to food sharing practices, hand washing and equipment cleaning;

        (d)         practices and procedures for ensuring all parents or guardians of children being cared for or educated at the children's service are notified of the known allergens that pose a risk to the child, the risks identified in paragraph (a) and the strategies for minimisation and management of those risks;

        (e)     practices and procedures to ensure that each staff member, (including staff who are relief staff and staff who are acting at the service in a voluntary or honorary capacity), can identify the child;

        (f)     practices and procedures to ensure that each staff member, (including staff who are relief staff and staff who are acting at the service in a voluntary or honorary capacity), can identify and is familiar with—

              (i)     the child's allergies; and

              (ii)     the child's anaphylaxis medical management plan; and

              (iii)     the location of the child's anaphylaxis medication and anaphylaxis medical management plan; and

        (g)     practices and procedures to ensure that the child does not attend the children's service without the child's anaphylaxis medication (if any) which has been prescribed by a registered medical practitioner.

        4     Communication plan

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The communication plan must include practices and procedures to ensure—

        (a)     that all staff members, including staff who are relief staff and staff who are acting at the service in a voluntary or honorary capacity and parents or guardians of children being cared for or educated at the children's service are informed about anaphylaxis management in the children's service and the anaphylaxis management policy of the children's service; and

        (b)     that a parent or guardian of a child diagnosed as at risk of anaphylaxis who is being cared for or educated at the children's service can communicate with the staff members at the children's service about any changes required to the child's risk minimisation plan and anaphylaxis medical management plan and how such communication can occur; and

        (c)     that all staff members, (including staff who are relief staff and staff who are acting at the service in a voluntary or honorary capacity), are informed about and familiar with the anaphylaxis medical management plan and risk minimisation plan of each child diagnosed as at risk of anaphylaxis who is being cared for or educated at the children's service.".

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