Queensland Consolidated Acts

HOSPITAL AND HEALTH BOARDS ACT 2011 - SECT 55

55 Function of health service auditors

(1) The function of a health service auditor is to conduct health service audits.

(2) In this section—

"efficient price" means the cost of providing a particular health service as stated by an entity established under an Act of the Commonwealth to provide advice on the funding of health services.

"health service audit" means an audit—

(a) to examine the accuracy of performance data and other data reported by a Service or a manager of a specialised health service; or

(b) to investigate the circumstances leading to an inability of a Service or a specialised health service to meet any performance measures applying to the Service or specialised health service; or

Example—

an audit to investigate the circumstances leading to an inability of a Service to provide services at an efficient price

(c) to investigate any other matter to promote the effective and efficient use of available resources in the delivery of public sector health services.