HEALTH SERVICES ACT 1988 - SECT 109 Records

HEALTH SERVICES ACT 1988 - SECT 109

    (1)     The proprietor of a health service establishment must cause to be kept in the prescribed manner and to be retained for the prescribed period the prescribed particulars of—

        (a)     persons who receive care in the establishment and the type of care received; and

        (b)     staff employed in the establishment.

S. 109(1A) inserted by No. 55/2006 s. 16(1).

    (1A)     The proprietor of a health service establishment must, for the prescribed period, retain—

        (a)     any document or record that the proprietor is required to prepare under this Act or the regulations; and

        (b)     any other document or record prescribed for the purposes of this Act.

S. 109(2) amended by Nos 13/1998 s. 5, 55/2006 s. 16(2)(a)(b).

    (2)     A person must not during the prescribed period destroy or damage any document or record kept for the purposes of subsection (1) or (1A).

Penalty: 120 penalty units.

S. 109(3) inserted by No. 18/2004 s. 17, repealed by No. 49/2010 s. 226(3).

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S. 109(4) inserted by No. 18/2004 s. 17, amended by No. 52/2017 s. 43.

    (4)     Any record kept for the purposes of this section must be in a format that is readily accessible for inspection by an authorised officer or a community (residential services) visitor.

S. 110 amended by Nos 46/1998 s. 7(Sch. 1) (as amended by No. 12/1999 s. 3(Sch. 1 item 15(d)), 52/1998 s. 311(Sch. 1 items 36.4, 36.5) (ILA s. 39B(1)).