A law named for murdered nurse Gayle Woodford has passed South Australia's Parliament, meaning health workers will no longer be permitted to work alone in remote areas.
Ms Woodford's body was found in a shallow grave near Fregon in the APY Lands in March last year and her killer, Dudley Davey, was jailed for life.
She was the nurse on call for the Fregon clinic on the night of her murder.
The court heard Davey likely tricked her into opening the security cage around her veranda with a false claim about his grandmother requiring medical assistance.
After Davey's sentencing, Ms Woodford's husband Keith Woodford said he would devote the rest of his life to supporting the welfare of remote area nurses.
Gayle's Law means single-nurse postings in remote areas will be abolished and call-outs will require two health practitioners.
SA Health Minister Peter Malinauskas today paid tribute to Mr Woodford in Parliament.
"It takes a particular degree of courage and source of strength to be able to pick oneself up after such a devastating incident as what was imposed upon the Woodford family," he said.
"There are often moments of tragedy in our society but rarely do they translate into a suite of legislative reform that will protect so many people for so many years to come."
The law passed the Legislative Council with one minor amendment, and was signed off by the Lower House shortly afterwards.
