Assaulting registered health practitioners
51A Assaulting registered health practitioners
If a registered health practitioner—
is employed, self-employed or engaged to provide, or support the provision of, care or treatment in a hospital to a person; and
is in the hospital or on the hospital premises—
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.
If a registered health practitioner—
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
is providing, or supporting the provision of, care or treatment to a person in the course of that employment, self-employment or engagement—
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.
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.
Pt 3 Div. 2 (Heading and ss 51B−51E) inserted by No. 52/2025 s. 10.
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