Queensland Numbered Acts Queensland Numbered Acts(1) Any of the following may establish a quality assurance committee—
(a) for a matter relating to its functions—
(i) a network; 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 network 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.
Editor's note—
The department's website is.