HEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICES COMPLAINTS ACT 2004 - SECT 56A
HEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICES COMPLAINTS ACT 2004 - SECT 56A
(1) The Governor may,
by regulation, prescribe 1 or more codes of conduct relating to the
following:
(a) the
provision of health services by persons who are not registered
service providers;
(b) the
provision of health services by persons who are registered service providers
and who provide health services that are unrelated to their registration.
(2) The Governor
may—
(a)
prescribe different codes of conduct for different classes of health service;
and
(b) make
different provisions for different classes of health service within a
prescribed code of conduct.
(2a) A regulation
under this section prescribing a code of conduct may refer to or incorporate,
wholly or partially and with or without modification, a code, standard or
other document prepared or published by a prescribed body, either as in force
at the time the regulations are made or as in force from time to time.
(3) A person who
breaches a prescribed code of conduct is not, on account of the breach alone,
liable to any civil or criminal action.
(4) However, if a
person breaches a prescribed code of conduct, the Commissioner may enforce
compliance with the code in the circumstances contemplated by
sections 56B and 56C.
(5)
Subsections (3) and (4) do not limit or derogate from any other
provision of this Act or any other law.