80Breath and saliva tests, and analysis and laboratory tests#

In this section—

authorised police officer: means any police officer authorised by the commissioner under subsection (8G) to operate either or both of the following—

(a)for finding out the concentration of alcohol in a person's breath by analysing a specimen of the person's breath; and
(b)approved under a regulation.

breath test: means a test to obtain an indication of the concentration of alcohol in a person's breath using a device approved under a regulation.

health care professional: health care professional means— (a) a doctor; or (b) a nurse; or (c) a qualified assistant.
nurse: nurse means a person registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law— (a) to practise in the nursing profession, other than as a student; and (b) in the registered nurses division of that profession.
qualified assistant: qualified assistant means a person whose duties include the taking of blood.
saliva analysing instrument: saliva analysing instrument means an instrument, that is approved under a regulation, for finding out whether a relevant drug is present in a person’s saliva by analysing a specimen of the person’s saliva.
saliva analysis: saliva analysis, for a specimen of saliva, means analysis of the specimen by using a saliva analysing instrument and, if the saliva analysing instrument indicates the presence of a relevant drug in the specimen, analysis of another part of the specimen of saliva by a laboratory test approved under a regulation.
saliva test: saliva test means a test to obtain an indication of the presence of a relevant drug in a person’s saliva by using a device approved under a regulation.
specimen: specimen, in relation to saliva, includes parts of the saliva specimen.
suspend: suspend, in relation to a driver licence issued outside Queensland, includes suspend the authority to drive on a Queensland road under the licence.