South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts37—Prohibition on provision of podiatric treatment by unqualified
persons
(1) A person must not
provide podiatric treatment for fee or reward unless—
(a) the
person is a qualified person; or
(b) the
person provides it through the instrumentality of a qualified person.
Maximum penalty: $50 000 or imprisonment for 6 months.
(2)
Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to podiatric treatment provided
by an unqualified person in prescribed circumstances or pursuant to an
exemption under subsection (3).
(3) The Governor may,
by proclamation, exempt a person from subsection (1) if of the opinion
that good reason exists for doing so in the particular circumstances of the
case.
(4) An exemption under
subsection (3) may be subject to such conditions as the Governor thinks
fit.
(5) A person who
contravenes, or fails to comply with, a condition of an exemption under this
section is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: $50 000.
(6) The Governor may,
by proclamation, vary or revoke a proclamation under this section.
(7) In this
section—
"qualified person", in relation to podiatric treatment, means a person
authorised by or under this Act or any other Act to provide that treatment.