EDUCATION AND CARE SERVICES NATIONAL REGULATIONS 2012 - REG 136

EDUCATION AND CARE SERVICES NATIONAL REGULATIONS 2012 - REG 136

136 .         First aid qualifications

        (1)         The approved provider of a centre‑based service must ensure that each of the following persons are in attendance at any place where children are being educated and cared for by the service, and immediately available in an emergency, at all times that children are being educated and cared for by the service —

            (a)         at least one staff member or one nominated supervisor of the service who holds a current approved first aid qualification;

            (b)         at least one staff member or one nominated supervisor of the service who has undertaken current approved anaphylaxis management training;

            (c)         at least one staff member or one nominated supervisor of the service who has undertaken current approved emergency asthma management training.

        Penalty: $2000.

        (2)         If children are being educated and cared for at service premises on the site of a school, it is sufficient for the purposes of subregulation (1) if the following are in attendance at the school site and immediately available in an emergency—

            (a)         for the purposes of subregulation (1)(a), at least one staff member of the school who holds a current approved first aid qualification;

            (b)         for the purposes of subregulation (1)(b), at least one staff member of the school who has undertaken current approved anaphylaxis management training;

            (c)         for the purposes of subregulation (1)(c), at least one staff member of the school who has undertaken current approved emergency asthma management training.

        (3)         The approved provider of a family day care service must ensure that each family day care educator and family day care educator assistant engaged by or registered with the service —

            (a)         holds a current approved first aid qualification; and

            (b)         has undertaken current approved anaphylaxis management training; and

            (c)         has undertaken current approved emergency asthma management training.

        Penalty: $2000.

        (4)         The same person may hold one or more of the qualifications set out in subregulation (1).

        (5)         In this regulation —

        approved anaphylaxis management training means anaphylaxis management training approved by the National Authority in accordance with Division 7;

        approved emergency asthma management training means emergency asthma management training approved by the National Authority in accordance with Division 7;

        approved first aid qualification means a qualification that —

            (a)         includes training in the following that relates to and is appropriate to children —

                  (i)         emergency life support and cardio‑pulmonary resuscitation;

                  (ii)         convulsions;

                  (iii)         poisoning;

                  (iv)         respiratory difficulties;

                  (v)         management of severe bleeding;

                  (vi)         injury and basic wound care;

                  (vii)         administration of an auto‑immune adrenalin device;

                and

            (b)         has been approved by the National Authority in accordance with Division 7.

        Note for this regulation:

                A compliance direction may be issued for failure to comply with subregulation (1).

        [Regulation 136 amended: Gazette 28 Nov 2014 p. 4406-7; 3 Nov 2017 p. 5483.]