Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

HEALTH ACT 1993

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Name of Act  
   2.      Dictionary  
   3.      Notes  
   4.      Offences against Act—application of Criminal Code etc  

   PART 2--IMPORTANT CONCEPTS

   5.      What is a health service?  
   6.      What is a health facility?  
   7.      Who is a health service provider?  

   PART 3--HEALTH CARE PRINCIPLES

   10.     Objectives  
   11.     Medicare principles and commitments  
   12.     Legal effect  

   PART 4--QUALITY ASSURANCE

           Division 4.1--Quality assurance—important concepts

   20.     Definitions—pt 4  
   21.     What is a health professional organisation?  
   22.     Who is the CEO of a health facility?  
   23.     Who is the CEO of a health professional organisation?  

           Division 4.2--Quality assurance—quality assurance committees

   24.     What is a quality assurance committee?  
   25.     Approval of health facility QACs  
   26.     Approval of health professional organisation QACs  
   27.     Approval of special purpose QACs  
   28.     Quality assurance committees—criteria for approval  
   29.     Quality assurance committees—revocation of approval  
   30.     Quality assurance committees—functions  
   31.     Quality assurance committees—appointment of members  
   32.     Quality assurance committees—disclosure of interests  
   33.     Quality assurance committees—procedure  
   34.     Quality assurance committees—protection of members etc from  
   35.     Quality assurance committees—obtaining information  

           --Division 4.3 Assessment and evaluation of health services

   36.     Assessment and evaluation of health services  
   37.     Approval of quality assurance activities  
   38.     Preparing health service reports  
   39.     Giving health service reports to CEO or chief executive  
   40.     Monitoring implementation of recommendations  

           Division 4.4--Quality assurance committees—reporting

   41.     Annual quality assurance committee report to Minister  
   42.     Other quality assurance committee reports  

           Division 4.5--Quality assurance committees—information sharing

   43.     Quality assurance committees—giving information to the Coroner's  
   44.     Quality assurance committees—giving information to other quality assurance  
   45.     Quality assurance committees—giving information to health profession  
   46.     Quality assurance committees—giving information to Minister  
   47.     Quality assurance committees—admissibility of evidence  

   PART 5--REVIEWING CLINICAL PRIVILEGES

   50.     Definitions—pt 5  
   51.     What is a clinical privileges committee?  
   52.     Who is a doctor or dentist for a health facility?  
   53.     Who is the CEO of a health facility?  
   54.     What are clinical privileges?  
   55.     Meaning of review clinical privileges  
   56.     Approval of clinical privileges committees  
   57.     Clinical privileges committees—criteria for approval  
   58.     Clinical privileges committees—revocation of approval  
   59.     Clinical privileges committees—functions  
   60.     Clinical privileges committees—appointment of members  
   61.     Clinical privileges committees—disclosure of interests  
   62.     Clinical privileges committees—procedure  
   63.     Clinical privileges committees—protection of members etc from  
   64.     Clinical privileges committees—obtaining information  
   65.     Review of clinical privileges  
   66.     Clinical privileges committee must give doctor or dentist opportunity to  
   67.     Preparing clinical privileges reports  
   68.     Giving clinical privileges reports to CEO of health facility and doctor or  
   69.     CEO to make decision on clinical privileges report  
   70.     CEO to tell doctor or dentist of decision on clinical privileges  
   71.     When decision on clinical privileges report takes effect  
   72.     Clinical privileges committees—giving information to health profession  
   73.     Clinical privileges committees—admissibility of evidence  
   74.     Pt 5 obligations—no contracting out  

   PART 6--ABORTIONS

   80.     Meaning of abortion for pt 6  
   81.     Only doctor may carry out abortion  
   82.     Abortion to be carried out in approved medical facility  
   83.     Approval of facilities  
   84.     No obligation to carry out abortion  

   PART 7--VMO SERVICE CONTRACTS

   100.    Definitions for pt 7  
   101.    Service contracts  
   102.    Core conditions  
   103.    Collective negotiations  
   104.    Negotiating agents  
   105.    Authorised representatives  
   106.    Arbitration  
   107.    Trade Practices Act authorisation  
           PART 8 SECRECY
   120.    Definitions—pt 8  
   121.    When is information divulged?  
   122.    Who is an information holder?  
   123.    What is protected information?  
   124.    What is sensitive information?  
   125.    Offence—secrecy of protected information  
   126.    Information may be given to Medicare Australia  

   PART 9--RESTRICTION ON PHARMACY PREMISES

   129.    Restriction on pharmacy premises—supermarkets  

   PART 10--REVIEW OF DECISIONS

   130.    Review of decisions  
   131.    Pt 9 obligations—no contracting out  

   PART 15--MISCELLANEOUS

   190.    Disclosure of interests by committee members  
   191.    References to Health and Community Care Service  
   192.    Determination of fees  
   193.    Payment of fees and interest  
   194.    Approved forms  
   195.    Regulations about nurse practitioners  
   196.    Regulation-making power  
           DICTIONARY
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