Victorian Consolidated Regulations

NON-EMERGENCY PATIENT TRANSPORT REGULATIONS 2016 - REG 36

The clinical oversight committee has the following responsibilities in relation to the service provided by the licence holder—

        (a)     reviewing each sentinel event;

        (b)     oversight of the process of transporting a patient to a hospital or medical facility to receive care that cannot be provided on site;

        (c)     overseeing processes to set the scope of practice of the service to ensure it does not provide services beyond its competencies and ability;

        (d)     overseeing processes to set the scope of clinical practice of all clinical staff;

        (e)     reviewing the clinical practice protocols, processes and operating procedures of the service;

        (f)     overseeing the verification of the credentials of all registered medical practitioners engaged by the service in any capacity—

              (i)     when their engagement commences; and

              (ii)     subsequently every 3 years;

        (g)     overseeing the auditing of patient care records and reviewing all measures taken as a result of reviews of those records;

        (h)     keeping any staff survey data and reviewing all measures taken as a result of reviews of those surveys;

              (i)     reviewing all complaints that relate to the experience of patients of the service;

        (j)     overseeing processes to continually assess the capacity of the service to provide safe patient-centred care.

Reg. 36A inserted by S.R. No. 148/2021 reg. 22.