HEALTH ACT 1993
Table of Provisions
PART 1--PRELIMINARY
- 1 Name of Act
- 2 Dictionary
- 3 Notes
- 4 Offences against Act—application of Criminal Code etc
PART 2--IMPORTANT CONCEPTS
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
- 27A Quality Assurance Committees—term
- 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
- 38A Extraordinary reports
- 38B Interim reports
- 39 Giving health service reports to CEO or director-general
- 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 board and health
- 46 Quality assurance committees—giving information to Minister
- 47 Quality assurance committees—admissibility of evidence
PART 5--REVIEWING SCOPE OF CLINICAL PRACTICE
- 50 Definitions—pt 5
- 51 What is a scope of clinical practice committee?
- 52 Who is a practitioner for a health facility?
- 53 Who is the CEO of a health facility?
- 54 What is scope of clinical practice?
- 55 Meaning of review scope of clinical practice
- 56 Approval of scope of clinical practice committees
- 57 Scope of clinical practice committees—criteria for approval
- 58 Scope of clinical practice committees—revocation of
- 59 Scope of clinical practice committees—functions
- 60 Scope of clinical practice committees—appointment of
- 61 Scope of clinical practice committees—disclosure of
- 62 Scope of clinical practice committees—procedure
- 63 Scope of clinical practice committees—protection of members etc from
- 64 Scope of clinical practice committees—obtaining information
- 65 Scope of clinical practice committee must give practitioner opportunity to
- 66 Interim and emergency withdrawal or amendment of scope of clinical practice by
- 67 Preparing scope of clinical practice reports
- 68 Giving scope of clinical practice reports to CEO of health facility and
- 69 CEO may make interim or emergency decision on scope of clinical
- 70 CEO must make decision on scope of clinical practice report
- 71 When CEO decision on scope of clinical practice report takes
- 72 CEO may give information about decision to health facility outside
- 73 Request for information by health facility outside ACT
- 74 Scope of clinical practice committees—giving information to health board and
- 75 Scope of clinical practice committees—admissibility of
- 76 Sharing information with other committees
- 77 Sharing information with 3rd parties
- 78 Complainants to remain anonymous
PART 6--ABORTIONS
Division 6.1--Abortions—generally
- 80 Definitions—pt 6
- 81 Offence—unauthorised supply or administration of abortifacient
- 82 Offence—unauthorised surgical abortion
- 83 Surgical abortion to be carried out in approved medical facility
- 84 Approval of facilities
- 84A Conscientious objection
Division 6.2--Patient privacy in protected areas
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 Competition and Consumer 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 Chief Executive Medicare
PART 8A--OFFENCE--PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES BY NON-HEALTH PRACTITIONERS
- 127 Provision of regulated health service by person not health
PART 10--REVIEW OF DECISIONS
- 130 Review of decisions
- 131 Pt 10 obligations—no contracting out
PART 15--MISCELLANEOUS
- 189 Protection of practitioner from liability in emergency
- 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
- 196 Regulation-making power
DICTIONARY
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