Queensland Consolidated Acts

HOSPITAL AND HEALTH BOARDS ACT 2011 - SECT 46

46 Delegation by chief executive

(1) The chief executive may delegate the chief executive’s functions under this Act to a health service chief executive or an appropriately qualified employee of the department.

(2) However, the chief executive must not delegate the function—

(a) to enter into a service agreement with a Service; or

(b) to authorise the disclosure of confidential information in the public interest under section 160 ; or

(c) to issue a health service directive or health employment directive; or

(d) to make a standard under section 138E .

(3) Subsection (4) applies if the chief executive is considering whether, and the extent to which, to delegate to a health service chief executive a matter that affects employees.

(4) The chief executive must have regard to the Service’s capacity and capability to effectively administer the human resource management and industrial relations processes for employees.

(5) A health service chief executive, with the written approval of the chief executive, may subdelegate a function delegated to the health service chief executive under subsection (1) to an appropriately qualified—

(a) health executive employed by the Service; or

(b) health service employee employed in the department and working for the Service.

(6) However, a health service chief executive may not subdelegate the function to authorise access to an information system under section 161A delegated to the health service chief executive under subsection (1) .

(7) A health executive in the department, with the written approval of the chief executive, may subdelegate a function delegated to the health executive under subsection (1) to an appropriately qualified departmental employee.