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Topic Research Guides: Health Law

Research Resources and Guides For Law Topics

 

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Textbooks

Health law texts are shelved at Dewey number 344.410

Search the Library Catalogue for health law textbooks

Key titles include:

Reference Resources and Commentary

Journals

Library Search for health law journals

Informit (Australian content)

ProQuest (international content)

Search HeinOnline (international content):
Australian Law Reform Commission - search path:
> Browse collections by category
> select 'International law'
> from the drop down menu select 'Australian Law Reform Commission Library (ALRC)'
> select browse by subject / subjects relating to law are alphabetized and can be selected by clicking the appropriate letter
Subjects covered by the ALRC include: artificial insemination, biotechnology, capacity & disability, human genetics, insanity law etc. 

Search HeinOnline:
Health law subjects - search path:
>  select the blue tab above search box 'Catalog'
>  select the heading | Subjects | below the search box
>  Search options:
    * search by typing subject/topic into Look up a Subject search box
    * browse by selecting a letter, then scanning the subject headings lists

 

Legislation

Western Australian:

Anatomy Act 1930 (WA)
Artificial Conception Act 1985 (WA)
Cremation Act 1929 (WA) 
Fluoridation of Public Water Supplies Act 1966 (WA)
Health and Disability Services (Complaints Act) 1995 (WA)
Health Legislation Administration Act 1984 (WA)

​Health (Miscellaneous Provisions Act) 1911 (WA) ​

Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (WA) Act 2010 (WA)
Health Professionals (Special Events Exemptions) Act 2000 (WA)
Health Services Act 2016 (WA)
Human Tissue and Transplant Act 1982 (WA)
Human Reproductive Technology Act 1991 (WA)
Liquor Control Act 1988 (WA)
Medicines and Poisons Act 2014 (WA)
Mental Health Act 2014 (WA)
Road Traffic Legislation Amendment Act 2016 (WA)

  • On 10 March 2017, changes to this legislation came into effect for the taking of blood samples for forensic purposes in Emergency Departments.
    The taking of blood samples is intended for the use in crashes that result in serious or fatal injury.
    The changes improves the collection of evidence by: increasing the window for the collection of samples to 12 hours, removing formalities around assessing culpability, and enabling the blood sample to be taken by a competent purpose other than a doctor or nurse. 

Radiation Safety Act 1975 (WA)
The Food Act 2008 (WA)

Federal:

Aged Care Act 1997 (Cth) 
Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority Act 2008 (Cth)
Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Act 1998 (Cth)
Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991 (Cth)
Gene Technology Act 2000 (Cth)
Health Insurance Act 1973 (Cth)
Healthcare Identifiers Act 2010 (Cth)
Home and Community Care Act 1985 (Cth)
Medical Indemnity Act 2002 (Cth)
My Health Records Act 2012 (Cth)
National Blood Authority Act 2003 (Cth)
National Cancer Screening Register Act 2016 (Cth)
National Health Act 1953 (Cth)
National Health and Medical Research Council Act 1992 (Cth)
National Health Reform Act 2011 (Cth)
National Health Security Act 2007 (Cth)
Private Health Insurance Act 2007 (Cth)
Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction Act 2002 (Cth)
Research Involving Human Embryos Act 2002 (Cth)
Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 (Cth)
Tobacco Advertising Prohibition Act 1992 (Cth)
Tobacco Plain Packaging Act 2011 World Health Organization Act 1947 (Cth)