3.2 Legal Practice
(1) Practises in accordance with local, state, national and international
applicable laws.
(2) Understands how laws and regulations specific to disaster impact on
nursing practices and disaster survivors.
(3) Recognizes the legal role of public health to protect the community
in a disaster.
(4) Understands the legal implications of disasters and emergency events (e.g. security, maintaining evidence, confidentiality).
(5) Describes the legal and regulatory issues related to issues such as:
working as a volunteer;
- roles and responsibilities of volunteers;
-abandonment of patients;
-adaptation of standards of care;
-role and responsibility to an employer; and
-delegation.