Queensland Consolidated Acts

HOSPITAL AND HEALTH BOARDS ACT 2011 - SECT 138C

138C Temporary exemptions

(1) The Minister may, by written notice given to a Service and published on the department’s website, grant a temporary exemption from compliance with a nursing and midwifery regulation.

(2) A temporary exemption may—

(a) exempt a Service from compliance with all or part of a nursing and midwifery regulation; or

(b) vary the application of a nursing and midwifery regulation to a Service so it imposes a lesser requirement.

(3) A temporary exemption may be granted on conditions.

(4) A temporary exemption has effect for the period, of not more than 3 months, stated in the Minister’s notice.

(5) The Minister may, under subsection (1) , extend a temporary exemption for a further period of not more than 3 months.

(6) However, the Minister may not extend a temporary exemption, or grant a further temporary exemption to a Service, if as a result the Service would be the subject of a temporary exemption for a continuous period of more than 6 months.