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PUBLIC HEALTH (SKIN PENETRATION) REGULATION 2000 - REG 6 Premises where skin penetration procedures are carried out

This legislation has been repealed.

PUBLIC HEALTH (SKIN PENETRATION) REGULATION 2000 - REG 6

Premises where skin penetration procedures are carried out

6 Premises where skin penetration procedures are carried out

(1) A person must not carry out a skin penetration procedure unless the premises where the procedure is carried out:
(a) are clean and hygienic, and
(b) contain only equipment that is in a clean and dry condition and in good working order, and
(c) have a hand basin that has:
(i) an adequate supply of potable water at a temperature of at least 40 degrees centigrade mixed from a hot and cold water supply, and
(ii) soap, or another substance for the cleaning of hands, located next to it, and
(iii) single-use towels or other suitable hand drying equipment located next to it,
at all times when skin penetration procedures are carried out, and
(d) have a sink for the cleaning of equipment between procedures that has an adequate supply of potable water at a temperature of at least 40 degrees centigrade mixed from a hot and cold water supply at all times when skin penetration procedures are carried out, and
(e) have a waste disposal bin, and
(f) in the case of the carrying out of a procedure where disposable sharps are used, have a sharps bin.
Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.
(2) A person must not carry out a colonic lavage procedure using a closed system unless a toilet is located in close proximity to the room where the procedure is carried out, being a toilet that is available for use by clients of the person and not by the general public.
Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.
(3) A person must not carry out a colonic lavage procedure using an open system unless a toilet is located in the immediate vicinity of the person on whom the procedure is carried out, being a toilet that is available for use by clients of the person and not by the general public.
Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.