With the recent announcement of tightened restrictions in Greater Sydney including Central Coast, Blue Mountains, Wollongong and Shellharbour, NSW Health have advised that practitioners are still able to operate.
The 10km limit from home is only applied to exercise and outdoor recreation activities. Therefore, if practitioners have clinics more than 10km away from home, you are allowed to travel to work provided that your service cannot be offered via telehealth.
For those practitioners that distribute herbal supplements, clients are able to travel to the clinic to pick up the order, as leaving home for essential goods and services is one of the four reasons to leave home.
For more information around the new restrictions, please click here.
Greater Sydney Restrictions
With the recent lockdowns in Sydney and surrounding areas, ANTA has been eagerly seeking further advice from the NSW government on how this may impact your practices.
As at 11am 28th of June, the following information is current. Please note however that as the situation evolves, new information is being released, so please stay up to date here - https://www.nsw.gov.au/covid-19/rules/
Members operating in a clinical practice, taking pre-booked appointments only (no walk-ins) may continue to operate if they can do so with a 1 person per 4 per square metre space allocation, with both the therapist and client wearing a mask at all times.
It is also critical that everyone is consistently implementing the appropriate cleaning and hygiene procedures.
Please note that "massage parlours" are listed as businesses which must close at this time, likewise home visits to your client's homes are not considered appropriate at this time.
If you operate a home based clinical practice and your business operates in a separate part of your home with separate access and amenities, your business is considered suitable to operate at this time.
Regional New South Wales
You must wear a fitted face mask when you are in an indoor area of non-residential premises of NSW. Therefore, masks must be worn by practitioners and clients at all times. Masks can be removed when clients are laying face down on tables/beds.
For information around Face Masks, please click here.
If you have any further questions or concerns about the current rulings, please phone NSW Health on 13 77 88, as they will provide the up to date information as it arrives.
As always, ANTA will continue to provide support and information where possible and we wish you all well.