EDUCATION AND CARE SERVICES NATIONAL REGULATIONS 2012 - REG 89
EDUCATION AND CARE SERVICES NATIONAL REGULATIONS 2012 - REG 89
89 . First aid kits
(1) The approved
provider of an education and care service must ensure that first aid kits are
kept in accordance with this subregulation, wherever the service is providing
education and care to children —
(a) an
appropriate number of first aid kits must be kept having regard to the number
of children being educated and cared for by the service; and
(b) the
first aid kits must be suitably equipped; and
(c) the
first aid kits must be easily recognisable and readily accessible to adults,
having regard to the design of the education and care service premises.
Penalty: $2000.
(2) A family day care
educator must keep a first aid kit that is suitably equipped, easily
recognisable and readily accessible to adults wherever the educator is
educating and caring for children as part of a family day care service.
Penalty: $2000.
Note for this regulation:
A compliance direction
may be issued for failure to comply with subregulation (1).