Queensland Numbered Acts

HEALTH AND HOSPITALS NETWORK ACT 2011 No. 32 - SECT 282

(1) The Governor in Council may make regulations under this Act.

(2) A regulation may be made about the following—

(a) the amalgamation, dissolution or division of networks or any other change in relation to networks;

(b) changing the services to be provided by a network or the department, including by transferring the services to be provided from one to another;

(c) any matter or thing necessary or convenient to facilitate or support a thing mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b);

(d) the operation or management of a public sector health service or a public sector health service facility, including any land or buildings used in connection with any service or facility;

(e) the procedures to be followed by an RCA team in its conduct of an RCA of a reportable event;

(f) the preservation of the terms, conditions and entitlements of employees moving between the department and a network.

(3) Without limiting subsection (2)(c), a regulation may provide for the following—

(a) the transfer of staff;

(b) staff entitlements;

(c) the transfer of assets and liabilities, including that no government duties are payable on the transfer;

(d) matters relating to contracts, agreements or other documents entered into by a network or the department;

(e) the continuation of proceedings involving a network or the department;

(f) the appointment of Act officials, authorised persons and security officers;

(g) the control of traffic and conduct on health services land;

(h) the continuation of RCA teams, quality assurance committees, health service audits, clinical reviews and health service investigations;

(i) the giving of stated directions by the chief executive for stated matters.

(4) Also, a regulation may provide for matters relating to the movement of health executives between networks or between a network and the department.

(5) Without limiting subsection (4), a regulation may provide for the following—

(a) movements by agreement of the chief executive, network chief executives or chairpersons of governing councils;

(b) movements by the written direction of the Minister or the chief executive;

(c) health executives establishing reasonable grounds to refuse movements;

(d) the rights and entitlements of health executives who are subject to movements, including matters relating to employment contracts.

(6) Also, a regulation made under this Act may impose a penalty of not more than 20 penalty units for a contravention of a provision of a regulation.