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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 2

In 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.