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HEALTH CARE ACT 2008

Table of Provisions

PART 1--Preliminary

  • 1 Short title
  • 3 Interpretation
  • 4 Objects of Act
  • 5 Principles

PART 2--Minister and Chief Executive

PART 3--Health Performance Council

  • 9 Establishment of Health Performance Council
  • 10 Provisions relating to members, procedures and committees and subcommittees
  • 11 Functions of HPC
  • 12 Annual report
  • 13 4-yearly report
  • 14 Use of facilities

PART 4--Health Advisory Councils

Division 1--Establishment of Councils

  • 15 Establishment of Councils
  • 16 Status
  • 17 Constitution and rules

Division 2--Functions and powers

  • 18 Functions
  • 19 Specific provisions in relation to powers

Division 3--Related matters

  • 20 Specific provisions in relation to property
  • 21 Accounts and audit
  • 22 Annual report
  • 23 Use of facilities
  • 24 Delegations
  • 25 Access to information
  • 26 Common seal
  • 27 Schedule 2 has effect
  • 28 Administration

PART 4A--Service agreements

PART 5--Hospitals

Division 1--Incorporation

Division 1A--Transfer of functions etc between incorporated hospitals

Division 2--Management arrangements

Division 3--Employed staff

  • 34 Employed staff
  • 35 Superannuation and accrued rights etc

Division 4--Accounts, audits and reports

  • 36 Accounts and audit
  • 37 Annual report

Division 5--Sites, facilities and property

  • 38 Ability to operate at various sites
  • 39 Ability to provide a range of services and facilities

Division 6--Delegations

  • 41 Delegations

Division 7--By-laws and removal of persons

  • 42 By-laws
  • 43 Removal of persons

Division 8--Fees

Division 9--Rights of hospitals against insurers

  • 45 Interpretation
  • 46 Report of accidents to which this Division applies
  • 47 Notice by designated entity to insurer
  • 48 First claim of designated entity

Division 10--Inspectors

  • 48A Inspectors

PART 5A--Health access zones

  • 48B Interpretation
  • 48C Object and application of Part
  • 48D Certain behaviour prohibited in health access zones
  • 48E Police officer may direct person to leave health access zone
  • 48F Offence to publish or distribute recording

PART 6--Ambulance services

Division 1--South Australian Ambulance Service (SAAS)

  • 49 Continuation of SAAS
  • 50 Management arrangements
  • 51 Functions and powers of SAAS
  • 52 Employed staff
  • 52A SAAS workforce culture and staff wellbeing
  • 53 Accrued rights for employees
  • 54 Delegation
  • 55 Accounts and audit
  • 56 Annual report

Division 2--Provision of ambulance services

Division 3--Miscellaneous

  • 59 Fees
  • 60 Holding out etc
  • 61 Power to use force to enter premises
  • 62 Exemptions

PART 7--Quality improvement and research

  • 63 Preliminary
  • 64 Declaration of authorised activities and authorised persons
  • 65 Provision of information
  • 66 Protection of information
  • 67 Protection from liability

PART 8--Analysis of adverse incidents

  • 68 Preliminary
  • 69 Appointment of teams
  • 70 Restrictions on teams
  • 71 Provision of information
  • 72 Reports
  • 73 Protection of information
  • 74 Immunity provision
  • 75 Victimisation

PART 9--Testamentary gifts and trusts

  • 76 Interpretation
  • 77 Application of Part
  • 78 Testamentary gifts and trusts

PART 10--Private hospitals

  • 79 Prohibition of operating private hospitals unless licensed
  • 80 Application for licence
  • 81 Grant of licence
  • 82 Conditions of licence
  • 83 Offence for licence holder to contravene Act or licence condition
  • 84 Duration of licences
  • 85 Transfer of licence
  • 86 Surrender, suspension and cancellation of licences
  • 87 Review of decision or order of Minister
  • 88 Inspectors

PART 10A--Private day procedure centres

PART 11--Miscellaneous

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