HEALTH SERVICES ACT 1988 - SECT 69E Rights of access

HEALTH SERVICES ACT 1988 - SECT 69E

S. 69E(1) amended by No. 46/1998 s. 7(Sch. 1).

    (1)     A contractor or sub-contractor must give the Minister, the Secretary and any authorised officer free and unfettered access at all times, together with any assistants and equipment that the Minister, the Secretary or authorised officer considers necessary—

        (a)     to the hospital; and

        (b)     to all public hospital patients receiving health services at the hospital; and

        (c)     to all documents in the possession of the contractor or sub-contractor relating to the provision of health services to public hospital patients at the hospital—

for the purpose of ensuring compliance with this Act or the regulations or the agreement under section 69B(1).

Penalty:     50 penalty units.

    (2)     A contractor or sub-contractor must give an administrator appointed under section 69F free and unfettered access at all times, together with any assistants and equipment that the administrator considers necessary—

        (a)     to the hospital; and

        (b)     to all public hospital patients receiving health services at the hospital; and

        (c)     to all documents in the possession of the contractor or sub-contractor relating to the provision of health services to public hospital patients at the hospital—

for the purpose of enabling the administrator to carry out his or her functions and exercise his or her powers under that section.

Penalty:     50 penalty units.

    (3)     Nothing in this section limits, or takes away, any function or power conferred on a person (including a person on whom a function or power is conferred by this section), whether under this or any other Act or otherwise including the agreement under section 69B(1).

S. 69F inserted by No. 68/1996 s. 28.