Evidentiary certificate—blood sample not taken by sample taker
42 Evidentiary certificate—blood sample not taken by sample taker
A sample taker may give a signed certificate stating that—
the sample taker is a doctor or nurse; and
the sample taker attended a named rail safety worker at a stated hospital or sampling facility, on a stated day and at a stated time; and
if the worker is a person mentioned in section 26 (Detention for blood test)—a police officer has asked the sample taker to take a sample of the worker’s blood; and
if the worker is a person mentioned in section 27 (1) (Requirement to take blood test in hospital after prescribed notifiable occurrence)—the sample taker believed that—
the worker was injured as a result of a prescribed notifiable occurrence and had attended the hospital for examination or treatment because of the injury; and
the prescribed notifiable occurrence had happened not longer than 8 hours before the worker arrived at the hospital; and
whether the sample taker was of the opinion that—
taking the sample would, or would not, be detrimental to the worker’s medical condition; or
a sample of blood had, or had not, been taken from the worker mentioned in section 26 (1) or section 27 (1).
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