HEALTH SERVICES ACT 1997 - SECT 53A
Combined management or assistance in management of public hospitals, health institutions, health services or health support services
HEALTH SERVICES ACT 1997 - SECT 53A
Combined management or assistance in management of public hospitals, health institutions, health services or health support services
53A Combined management or assistance in management of public hospitals,
health institutions, health services or health support services
(1) Any two
or more statutory health corporations may, by agreement, jointly control and
manage any public hospital, health institution, health service or health
support service.
(2) A statutory health corporation may, by agreement, manage
any public hospital, health institution, health service or health support
service under the control of another statutory health corporation, or assist
in that management, for and on behalf of that other statutory health
corporation.
(3) A statutory health corporation must not enter into an
agreement under this section without the approval of the Minister.
(4) A
public hospital, health institution, health service or health support service
is not, for the purposes of this or any other Act, to be regarded as being
under the control of a statutory health corporation because the statutory
health corporation manages, or assists in the management of, the public
hospital, health institution, health service or health support service for and
on behalf of another statutory health corporation.
