Public Health Act 2016

A registered health practitioner in a relevant health profession, acting in the course of the practice of that profession, is authorised to assist in the performance of an abortion on a person by —

a medical practitioner as authorised under section 202MC or 202ME(1); or

a prescribing practitioner as authorised under section 202MD(2).

Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to the performance of an abortion that the registered health practitioner knows is being performed by —

a medical practitioner other than as authorised under section 202MC or 202ME(1); or

a prescribing practitioner other than as authorised under section 202MD(2).

A student in a relevant health profession is authorised to assist in the performance of an abortion on a person by —

a medical practitioner as authorised under section 202MC or 202ME(1); or

a prescribing practitioner as authorised under section 202MD(2).

An act done by a student under subsection (3) must be done —

in the course of the student’s program of study for, or clinical training in, the relevant health profession; and

under the supervision of —

the medical practitioner or prescribing practitioner; or

a registered health practitioner in the relevant health profession who is assisting in the performance of the abortion under subsection (1); or

the student’s primary clinical supervisor.

Subsection (3) does not apply in relation to the performance of an abortion that the student knows is being performed by —

a medical practitioner other than as authorised under section 202MC or 202ME(1); or

a prescribing practitioner other than as authorised under section 202MD(2).