HEALTH SERVICES ACT 1988 - SECT 38A Immunity
HEALTH SERVICES ACT 1988 - SECT 38A
ImmunityS. 38A(1) amended by No. 52/2017 s. 15.
(1) A director of the board of a public hospital is not personally liable for anything done or omitted to be done in good faith—
(a) in the exercise of a power or the discharge of a duty under this Act; or
(b) in the reasonable belief that the act or omission was in the exercise of a power or the discharge of a duty under this Act.
S. 38A(2) amended by No. 52/2017 s. 15.
(2) Any liability resulting from an act or omission that would but for subsection (1) attach to a director of the board of a public hospital attaches instead to the public hospital.
S. 39 repealed by No. 52/2004
s. 13,
new s. 39 inserted by No. 52/2017 s. 16.