School of Allied Health Science and Practice

Director, Allied Health

Local Compliance Officers

Acts that apply to the School of Allied Health and Practice

Tier Act Purpose Local contact
Tier 3 An Act for the promotion of animal welfare; and for other purposes.

Dr Jessica Stanhope
Lecturer,ÌýPhysiotherapy

Tier 3

The Code encompasses all aspects of the care and use of animals for scientific purposes where the aim is to acquire, develop or demonstrate knowledge or techniques in any area of science—for example, medicine, biology, agriculture, veterinary and other animal sciences, industry and teaching.

Compliance with the Code is a prerequisite for receipt of NHMRC funding.

Dr Jessica Stanhope
Lecturer - Physiotherapy
Tier 3 An Act relating to diseases and pests that may cause harm to human, animal or plant health or the environment, and for related purposes. Professor Rachel Gibson
Director, Allied Health
Tier 2

An Act to minimise the risk to children posed by persons who work or volunteer with them; to provide for the screening of persons who want to work or volunteer with children; to provide for a system of accountability for persons working or volunteering with children; to prohibit those who pose an unacceptable risk to children from working or volunteering with children; to provide for a central assessment unit to undertake screening of persons who want to work or volunteer with children; and for other purposes.

Pursuant to section 6(2) of the Act,ÌýRegulation 7 specifies thatÌýeducation servicesÌýconsidered to beÌýchild-related workÌýincludes preschool, primary and secondary education, but does not include tertiary education.

Meredith Smith
Lecturer, Physiotherapy
Tier 2 An Act to protect children and young people from harm; to provide for children and young people who are in care; and for other purposes Meredith Smith
Lecturer, Physiotherapy
Tier 4 An Act to deal with consent to medical treatment; to regulate medical practice so far as it affects the care of people who are dying; and for other purposes. Professor Rachel Gibson
Director, Allied Health
Tier 3 An Act to regulate or prohibit the manufacture, production, sale, supply, possession, handling or use of certain poisons, drugs, therapeutic and other substances, and of certain therapeutic devices; to repeal the Food and Drugs Act 1908; and for other related purposes.

Associate Professor Paul Rothmore
Physiotherapy Discipline Lead

Tier 3 An Act to regulate the keeping, handling, transporting, conveyance, use and disposal, and the quality, of dangerous substances; and for other purposes. Associate Professor Paul Rothmore
Physiotherapy Discipline Lead
Tier 4 An Act to provide for confidentiality in relation to certain epidemiological studies.

Dr Rutger de Zoete
Lecturer, Physiotherapy

Tier 4

An Act to provide for the administration of hospitals and other health services; to establish the Health Performance Council and Health Advisory Councils; to establish systems to support the provision of high-quality health outcomes; to provide licensing systems for ambulance services and private hospitals; to assist with the provision of laboratory services and facilities associated with veterinary science; to make related amendments to other Acts.

NOTE: The primary obligation is on the hospitals, but our staff and students as individuals would be required to comply with the requirements. The only section of the Act specifically relevant to theÌýUniversity, concernsÌýprivacy of information and non-disclosure.

Dr Suzanne Dawson
Lecturer, Occupational Therapy
Tier 4

An Act to provide for healthcare identifiers, and for related purposes.

Cameron Dickson
Associate Lecturer, Physiotherapy
Tier 4 An Act to make provision for a national legislative scheme for the regulation of health practitioners; to make provision for local matters associated with the regulation of health practitioners, the registration of pharmacy premises and pharmacy depots and the supply of optical appliances; to make related amendments to other Acts; to repeal certain Acts associated with the regulation of health professions; and for other purposes. Dr Rutger de Zoete
Lecturer, Physiotherapy
Tier 3

An Act to make provision for the treatment, care and rehabilitation of persons with serious mental illness with the goal of bringing about their recovery as far as is possible; to confer powers to make orders for community treatment, or detention and treatment, of such persons where required; to provide protections of the freedom and legal rights of mentally ill persons; to repeal the Mental Health Act 1993; and for other purposes.

Note: Although the Act does not impose any obligations on the University, it is still relevant to the school.

Dr Suzanne Dawson
Lecturer, Occupational Therapy

Tier 4 An Act to provide for a system of access to electronic health records, and for related purposes Leigh Rushworth
Lecturer, Physiotherapy
Tier 2

An Act to promote and to provide for the protection of the health of the public of South Australia and to reduce the incidence of preventable illness, injury and disability; to make related amendments to certain Acts; to repeal the Public and Environmental Health Act 1987; and for other purposes.

Leigh Rushworth
Lecturer, Physiotherapy

Refer to theÌýA-Z LegislationÌýlist for the Tier 1 and 2 ActsÌýthat apply to the whole of the University, including School of Allied Health Science and Practice.

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