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Health, counselling and support services
Volunteers
Volunteers need a blue card if, as a usual function of their employment, they provide or are likely to provide any of the following services to children.
- Health services which require physical contact with a child (beyond incidental contact), or are provided to a child while no one else is physically present
- Counselling services to a child while no one else is physically present or where the person providing the service is not physically present with the child, e.g. over the telephone or internet
- Support services to a child while no-one else is physically present or where the person providing the service is not physically present with the child, e.g. over the telephone or internet
Volunteers do not need a blue card if this service is provided:
- in their capacity as a "registered health practitioner"; or
- in their capacity as an Australian lawyer practicing in Queensland under Legal Profession Act 2007; or
- in their capacity as a “registered teacher” carrying out duties for the school where they are employed; or
- in their capacity as an employee of "licensed care service" as defined by the Child Protection Act 1999 ; or
- in their capacity as an employee of a "government service provider" that carries on a business which includes providing a health, counselling or support service; or
- in their capacity as an employee who has complied with the screening requirements of the Disability Services Act 2006; or
- as a volunteer guest of a school or "recognised body":
- for the purpose of observing, supplying information or entertainment to 10 or more people, and
- the activity is for 10 days or less on no more than two occasions per year, and
- the person is unlikely to be physically present with a child without another adult being present, or
- as a volunteer at a national or state event organised by a school or "recognised body" (operating at a state or national level):
- for a sporting, cultural or skill based activity, and
- the event is attended by more than 100 people, and
- the work is for 10 days or less on no more than two occasions per year; and
- the person is unlikely to be physically present with a child without another adult being present
- by a child under 18 years of age (except “trainee students” undertaking a course of study with an “education provider”).
Paid employees
- Paid employees need a blue card if, over the course of 12 months, as a usual function of their employment, they provide or are likely to provide any of the following services to children:
- Health services which require physical contact with a child (beyond incidental contact), or are provided to a child while no one else is physically present
- Counselling services to a child while no one else is physically present or where the person providing the service is not physically present with the child, e.g. over the telephone or internet
- Support services to a child while no-one else is physically present or where the person providing the service is not physically present with the child, e.g. over the telephone or internet
for at least:
- eight consecutive days, or
- once a week, each week, over four weeks, or
- once a fortnight, each fortnight, over eight weeks, or
- once a month, each month over six months.
Paid employees do not need a blue card if this service is provided:
- in their capacity as a "registered health practitioner"; or
- in their capacity as an Australian lawyer practicing in Queensland under the Legal Profession Act 2007; or
- in their capacity as a “registered teacher” carrying out duties for the school where they are employed; or
- in their capacity as an employee of a "licensed care service" as defined by the Child Protection Act 1999 ; or
- in their capacity as an employee of a "government service provider" that carries on a business which includes providing a health, counselling or support service; or
- in their capacity as an employee who has complied with the screening requirements of the Disability Services Act 2006.
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Last Updated: September 3, 2007
