South Australian Current Regulations

HEALTH CARE REGULATIONS 2023 - REG 35

35—Clinical competencies and scope of practice

For the purposes of section 100(2)(j) of the Act—

            (a)         the Chief Executive may establish policies or protocols that set out practices in order to assess the clinical competencies of, and to determine the scope of the clinical practice of, specified classes of health care providers in specified settings or circumstances (including before a person is engaged as a health care provider) (being policies or practices that may be varied or substituted, and have effect, from time to time and according to their terms); and

            (b)         the Chief Executive may establish committees to undertake practices associated with assessing the clinical competencies of, and to determine the scope of the clinical practice of, specified classes of health care providers under any policy or protocol established under paragraph (a); and

            (c)         an incorporated hospital and SAAS, and any person engaged in connection with the Act, must comply with, and apply, any policies, protocols or practices established under paragraph (a); and

            (d)         an incorporated hospital or SAAS may establish policies, protocols and practices that are secondary or subordinate to (and consistent with) any policies, protocols or practices established under paragraph (a).