Western Australian Current Regulations

SCHOOL EDUCATION REGULATIONS 2000 - REG 148A

148A .         Anaphylactic reaction in child, treatment of by staff member

        (1)         In this regulation —

        adrenaline means adrenaline in the form in which it is classified as a Schedule 3 poison under the Medicines and Poisons Act 2014 ;

        auto‑injector means a device containing a single pre‑measured dose of adrenaline, with a mechanism for administering the dose by injection;

        enrolled child means —

            (a)         a child enrolled at a community kindergarten; or

            (b)         a student;

        staff member means a natural person who is —

            (a)         employed in the department referred to in section 228; or

            (b)         employed in a school registered under section 160.

        (2)         A staff member may, in the course of the staff member’s employment as a staff member, administer adrenaline to an enrolled child by means of an auto‑injector if the staff member reasonably suspects that the child is suffering an anaphylactic reaction, even if there is no consent to the administration of the adrenaline.

        [Regulation 148A inserted: Gazette 10 Jul 2012 p. 3061; amended: Gazette 17 Jan 2017 p. 417.]