Supported Residential Facilities are accommodation facilities that provide personal care services to more than two people. Personal care can include assistance with showering, supervising medication, assistance with feeding and other daily living needs. Many of the residents living in Supported Residential Facilities suffer from mental illness or intellectual disabilities. Council monitors and licences the facilities to ensure adequate standards of care and accommodation are met.

Supported Residential Facilities Act

Supported Residential Facilities Regulations

Supported Residential Facilities Guidelines and Standards

Monitoring of public pools and spas takes place to ensure correct disinfection levels are maintained and the standard of facilities complies with regulations.

Public Swimming Pools and Spa Pools

Standard for the Operation of Swimming Pools and Spa Pools

Guideline for the Inspection and Maintenance of Swimming Pools and Spa Pools

Hairdressers may be inspected by Health Officers using the Guidelines on the Public Health Standards of Practice for Hairdressing based on risk assessment. The guidelines provide appropriate information on issues such as infection risk, cleaning processes, sterilisation, operator hygiene and the maintenance of cleanliness standards for a hairdressing premises.

Hairdressers participating in any form of skin penetration are required to refer to the Guidelines on the Safe and hygienic practices of skin penetration

Tattooists, body pierces, acupuncturists and beauty therapists are inspected annually by Health Officers to ensure that safe hygienic procedures and practices are being undertaken to prevent the spread of infectious diseases. If precautions are not taken, blood-borne diseases such as Hepatitis C, Hepatitis B, Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and various bacterial infections can be transmitted.

Acupuncture is the practice of inserting sterile needles into specific parts of the body to treat disease or relieve pain. The majority of items used in acupuncture are available as pre-sterilised and single use.

Beauty Therapy procedures where skin penetration can occur include waxing, electrolysis, micro pigmentation, nail manicures and pedicures, lancing, and colonic lavage or colonic irrigation. Some of these procedures do not penetrate the skin under normal circumstances; however they do come into contact with other body substance able to transmit infection. Bleeding can occur during some of these non-skin penetrating procedures such as waxing, increasing the risk of the transmission of blood-borne disease.

The Guidelines on the Safe and hygienic practices of skin penetration are designed to assist Council in the administration of the SA Public Health Act 2011 and Regulations. Within this guideline a Skin Penetration Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) Plan is used during the annual inspections and can be used as tool for the operator to monitor and assess the practices and procedures carried out in the premises. Infection Control Guideline for the prevention of transmission of infectious diseases in the health care setting

Guideline on the Public Health Standards of Practice for Hairdressing

Guideline on the Safe and Hygienic Practice of Skin Penetration

The following information is provided to owners and operators responsible for the control of Legionella in manufactured water systems particularly: Cooling Water Systems, and Warm Water Systems.

High Risk Manufactured Water Systems must be operated and maintained in accordance with the following: Public and Environmental Health (Legionella) Regulations 2008 Australian and New Zealand Standards (AS/NZS 3666) Guidelines for the Control of Legionella

Legionella information from old website: there are links that come with it. The South Australian Public Health (Legionella) Regulations 2013 (opens in a new window) and the Guidelines for the Control of Legionella in Manufactured Water Systems in South Australia (PDF 270KB) (opens in a new window) aim to reduce the risk of community and healthcare acquired Legionnaires’ disease.

These Regulations and Guidelines:

• Formalise the management of warm water systems and cooling water systems in non-domestic settings
• Prescribe a number of specific requirements for owners and operators of cooling water systems and warm water systems

Fees:
Please contact Council on (08) 8522 9211 for current fee structure.

Application forms:

• Alternative maintenance procedure for a cooling water system (DOC 342KB) (opens in a new window)
• Alternative decontamination procedure for a cooling water system (DOC 343KB) (opens in a new window)
• Alternative decontamination procedure for a warm water system (DOC 268KB) (opens in a new window)
• Drift eliminator exemption for a cooling tower (DOC 352KB)