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Act index » Part III - Supplementary » Division 1 - Assaulting emergency workers, custodial workers, local authority staff and health practitioners
51A Assaulting registered health practitioners
(1)If a registered health practitioner—a person must not assault the practitioner, knowing or being reckless as to whether the practitioner is a health practitioner. Penalty: 60 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months.
(a)is employed, self-employed or engaged to provide, or support the provision of, care or treatment in a hospital to a person; and
(b)is in the hospital or on the hospital premises—
(2)If a registered health practitioner—a person must not assault the practitioner, knowing or being reckless as to whether the practitioner is a health practitioner acting in accordance with paragraph (b). Penalty: 60 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months.
(a)is employed, self-employed or engaged to provide, or support the provision of, care or treatment, other than in a hospital, to a person; and
(b)is providing, or supporting the provision of, care or treatment to a person in the course of that employment, self-employment or engagement—
(3)In this section—
health practitioner and registered health
practitioner have the same meanings as in the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law;
hospital means a public hospital, private hospital, denominational hospital or day procedure centre within the meaning of the Health Services Act 1988;
hospital premises includes parking areas, driveways, courtyards and forecourts on the premises occupied by a hospital.