HEALTH AND HOSPITALS NETWORK ACT 2011 No. 32 - SECT 94 94 Definitions for div 2
HEALTH AND HOSPITALS NETWORK ACT 2011 No. 32 - SECT 94
94 Definitions for div 2In this division—
blameworthy act means any of the following—
(a) an intentionally unsafe act;
(b) deliberate patient abuse;
(c) conduct that constitutes a criminal offence.
chain of events document see section 100(2).
commissioning authority see section 98.
coroner see the Coroners Act 2003, schedule 2.
health service facility means—
(a) a public sector health service facility; or
(b) a private health facility.
RCA, of a reportable event, see section 95.
RCA report see section 100(1).
RCA team means a group of persons appointed under section 98.
relevant health service, for a reportable event, means the health service during the provision of which the reportable event happened.
reportable event—
(a) generally—means an event prescribed under a regulation that happens while a health service is being provided; or
(b) in relation to an RCA report or chain of events document, means the reportable event to which the report or document relates.
Root cause analysis, of a reportable event, see section 95.