Occupational Safety and Health Legislation: What Allied Health Professionals in Western Australia Need to Know
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Brown, Kevin
Date
2003Type
Journal Article
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Brown, Kevin. 2003. Occupational Safety and Health Legislation: What Allied Health Professionals in Western Australia Need to Know. Legal Issues in Business 5: 31-40.
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Legal Issues in Business
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School of Business Law
Curtin Business School
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Abstract
The legislation dealing with occupational safety and health laws in Western Australia changed quite dramatically in the 1990s. This article provides an overview of the Occupational Safety and Health Act 1984 (WA) and describes the main features of the current legislation that apply to allied health professionals and some of the pertinent legal cases and recorded "significant incidents".
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