Western Australian Numbered Acts Western Australian Numbered Acts (1) A police officer
executing a disease test authorisation in relation to a suspected transferor
may ask a doctor, nurse or qualified person to take a blood sample from the
suspected transferor.
(2) When asking the
doctor, nurse or qualified person to take the blood sample, the police officer
must produce for the doctor’s, nurse’s or qualified person’s
inspection a copy of the disease test authorisation.
(3) The doctor, nurse
or qualified person may take a blood sample from the suspected transferor in
accordance with the disease test authorisation.
(4) If help is needed
for taking a blood sample, the doctor, nurse or qualified person may ask
another person to give any reasonably necessary help.
(5) The doctor, nurse
or qualified person, and a person helping the doctor, nurse or qualified
person, may use any reasonably necessary force for taking the blood sample.
(6) The doctor, nurse
or qualified person must immediately send the sample to a pathology laboratory
with appropriate facilities for testing the sample for infectious diseases.