HEALTH SERVICES ACT 1997 - SECT 67M
Who is liable for payment of ambulance fee
HEALTH SERVICES ACT 1997 - SECT 67M
Who is liable for payment of ambulance fee
67M Who is liable for payment of ambulance fee
(1) A person is liable for
payment of an ambulance fee for ambulance services provided to the person.
(2) A person is not liable for payment of an ambulance fee if the person is a
child.
(3) However, if ambulance services are provided to a child, each
parent or guardian of the child is jointly and severally liable for payment of
an ambulance fee for the provision of those ambulance services.
(4) A parent
or guardian of a child who pays an ambulance fee for the provision of
ambulance services to that child is entitled to recover a contribution from
any other parent or guardian who is also liable for payment of that fee.
(5)
The contribution payable--
(a) is to be determined as if each parent or
guardian of the child were liable for an equal share of the ambulance fee, and
(b) is recoverable as a debt in a court of competent jurisdiction.
(6) A
court may reduce a person's contribution, or exempt a person from making a
contribution, if the court considers it just and equitable in the
circumstances.
