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Regulated business

Health, counselling and support services

A person carrying on a business needs a blue card if:

• the usual activities of the business include a person, other than a "registered health practitioner" , providing or likely to provide any of the following services to children:

• Health services which require physical contact with a child, 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

The business is not a regulated business if it is:

• a “ licensed care service”; or
• a “ government service provider”

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Last Updated: September 12, 2007

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