Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies if a person (relevant person) may be, is, or may have been affected by a CBR substance involved in the CBR emergency.
(2) It is lawful for a CBRE ambulance officer or a CBRE health officer to medically examine the relevant person and provide any reasonably necessary treatment for the person.
(3) If a person acting under subsection (2)--
(a) is not a government doctor, subsection (2) is subject to any direction given by the medical controller or a government doctor; or
(b) is a government doctor, subsection (2) is subject to any direction given by the medical controller.
(4) The power to medically examine a person includes power to take any reasonably necessary samples and perform any reasonably necessary tests for the purpose.
(5) The power to treat a person includes power to isolate the person for the time reasonably necessary for preventing the spread of a CBR substance involved in the CBR emergency to others not already affected by the substance.