Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) The Chief Health
Officer must prepare a public health plan (the State public health plan ) that
applies to the whole of the State.
(2) The State public
health plan must —
(a)
identify the public health needs of the State; and
(b)
include an examination of data relating to health status and health
determinants in the State; and
(c)
establish objectives and policy priorities for —
(i)
the promotion, improvement and protection of public
health in the State; and
(ii)
the development and delivery of public health services in
the State;
and
(d)
identify how, based on available evidence, the objectives and policy
priorities referred to in paragraph (c) are proposed to be achieved; and
(e)
describe how the Chief Health Officer proposes to work with local governments
and other bodies undertaking public health initiatives, projects and
programmes to achieve the objectives and policy priorities referred to in
paragraph (c); and
(f)
include a strategic framework for the identification, evaluation and
management of public health risks in the State and any other matters relating
to public health risks in the State —
(i)
that the Chief Health Officer considers appropriate to
include in the plan; or
(ii)
that are required to be included in the plan by the
regulations.
(3) The Chief Health
Officer must review the State public health plan each year and may amend or
replace it at any time.
(4) Unless it is
sooner replaced, the State public health plan must be replaced at the end of
the period of 5 years after it was prepared.
(5) The Chief Health
Officer must prepare the first State public health plan not later than 12
months after this section comes into operation.