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PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 1997 - SECT 56I Certificates of relevant qualifications

PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 1997 - SECT 56I

Certificates of relevant qualifications

(1)  The Director may approve one or more courses of training as to the manner in which needles and syringes are to be supplied.
(2)  The Director may only approve a course under subsection (1) if he or she is satisfied that the course is likely to train participants in the course to supply needles and syringes in a manner that is likely to enable the safe supply, or use, or both, of needles and syringes.
(3)  The Director may issue to a person a certificate of attainment of a relevant qualification if the person has successfully completed a course of training approved under subsection (1) .
(4)  A certificate is valid for a period of 3 years unless it is cancelled earlier under subsection (5) .
(5)  The Director, by notice to a person to whom a certificate has been issued, may cancel the certificate, if the Director is satisfied that –
(a) the training to which the certificate relates was inadequate or is no longer adequate; or
(b) the person is not a suitable person to be authorised to supply needles or syringes; or
(c) the person has not supplied needles or syringes in accordance with the training to which the certificate relates.