South Australian Current Acts

SUMMARY OFFENCES ACT 1953 - SECT 21G

21G—Information relating to knife related injuries

        (1)         If a medical practitioner or a registered or enrolled nurse has reasonable cause to suspect in relation to a person who he or she has seen in his or her professional capacity that the person is suffering from a wound inflicted by a knife, the medical practitioner or nurse must, as soon as practicable after forming the suspicion, make a report to the prescribed person or body containing—

            (a)         details of the wound; and

            (b)         any information provided to the practitioner or nurse about the circumstances leading to the infliction of the wound (other than information tending to identify the person).

        (2)         Subsection (1) does not apply if, in the opinion of the medical practitioner or the nurse, the injuries are not serious and the medical practitioner or nurse believes on reasonable grounds that the injuries were accidental.

        (3)         A person incurs no civil or criminal liability in taking action in good faith in compliance, or purported compliance, with this section.

        (4)         In this section—

"enrolled nurse" means a person registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law —

            (a)         to practise in the nursing profession as a nurse (other than as a student); and

            (b)         in the enrolled nurses division of that profession;

"medical practitioner" means a person registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law to practise in the medical profession (other than as a student);

"registered nurse" means a person registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law —

            (a)         to practise in the nursing profession as a nurse (other than as a student); and

            (b)         in the registered nurses division of that profession.