School of Public Health

An Act to regulate or prohibit the manufacture, production, sale, supply, possession, handling or use of certain poisons, drugs, therapeutic and other substances, and of certain therapeutic devices; to repeal the Food and Drugs Act 1908; and for other purposes.

An Act to regulate the keeping, handling, transporting, conveyance, use and disposal, and the quality, of dangerous substances; and for other purposes.

An Act to provide for the administration of hospitals and other health services; to establish the Health Performance Council and Health Advisory Councils; to establish systems to support the provision of high-quality health outcomes; to provide licensing systems for ambulance services and private hospitals; to assist with the provision of laboratory services and facilities associated with veterinary science; to make related amendments to other Acts.

NOTE: The primary obligation is on the hospitals, but our staff and students as individuals would be required to comply with the requirements. The only section of the Act specifically relevant to the University, concerns privacy of information and non-disclosure.

An Act to make provision for a national legislative scheme for the regulation of health practitioners; to make provision for local matters associated with the regulation of health practitioners, the registration of pharmacy premises and pharmacy depots and the supply of optical appliances; to make related amendments to other Acts; to repeal certain Acts associated with the regulation of health professions; and for other purposes.

An Act to promote and to provide for the protection of the health of the public of South Australia and to reduce the incidence of preventable illness, injury and disability; to make related amendments to certain Acts; to repeal the Public and Environmental Health Act 1987; and for other purposes.

NOTE: The School of Public Health is approved as a Public Health Partner Authority under s23(b) of this Act.

Professor Tracy Merlin

See also C1