New South Wales Consolidated Acts

HEALTH PRACTITIONER REGULATION NATIONAL LAW (NSW) - SECT 312

312 Accepted qualification for general registration in paramedicine

(1) This section applies to an individual who holds a Diploma of Paramedical Science issued by the Ambulance Service of New South Wales.

(2) The individual is qualified for general registration in paramedicine for the purposes of section 52(1)(a).

(3) This section applies despite section 53.

(4) Nothing in this section makes a Diploma of Paramedical Science issued by the Ambulance Service of New South Wales an approved qualification for section 53(b).

(5) In this section--

"Diploma of Paramedical Science" means any of the following--

(a) a Diploma of Paramedical Science;

(b) a Diploma of Paramedical Science (Ambulance) or an Advanced Diploma of Paramedical Science (Ambulance);

(c) a Diploma in Paramedical Science (Pre-Hospital Care) or an Advanced Diploma Paramedical Sciences (Pre-Hospital Care);

(d) a qualification--

(i) that has replaced the diploma mentioned in paragraph (a) and is prescribed by regulation; and

(ii) issued by the Ambulance Service of New South Wales.