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HOSPITAL AND HEALTH BOARDS ACT 2011 - SECT 82
Establishment of quality assurance committees
82 Establishment of quality assurance committees
(1) Any of the following may establish a quality assurance committee— (a)
for a matter relating to its functions— (i) a Service; or
(ii) a
professional association, society, college or other entity whose functions
relate to the provision of health services or to the providers of
health services;
(b) the chief executive for a matter relating to a Service
or the department;
(c) the licensee of a private health facility for a matter
relating to health services provided in its facility.
(2) Two or more of the
bodies mentioned in subsection (1) may jointly establish a single committee.
(3) However, an entity must not establish a committee unless satisfied— (a)
if the committee is established by an entity other than an individual—that
the committee is established under a resolution or in accordance with the
rules or official procedures of the entity; and
(b) that the committee’s
functions include the assessment and evaluation of the quality of
health services, the reporting and making of recommendations concerning those
services and monitoring the implementation of its recommendations; and
(c)
that the committee comprises individuals with training and experience
appropriate to the services to be assessed and evaluated by the committee; and
(d) that the exercise of the committee’s functions would benefit from the
immunities and protections afforded by this division.
(4) An entity mentioned
in subsection (1) (a) and (c) must notify the chief executive in the approved
form of the establishment of the committee under this section.
(5) For a
committee established by the chief executive, the chief executive must keep a
record of its establishment in the approved form.
(6) The chief executive
must establish and maintain a register of committees established under this
section.
(7) The chief executive must make the register available for
inspection by members of the public on the department’s website.
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