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HOSPITAL AND HEALTH BOARDS ACT 2011 - SECT 94

Definitions for div 2

94 Definitions for div 2

In this division—

"blameworthy act" means any of the following—

(a) an intentionally unsafe act;
(b) deliberate patient abuse;
(c) conduct that constitutes a criminal offence.

"chain of events document" ...

"commissioning authority" see section 98 .

"coroner" see the Coroners Act 2003 , schedule 2 .

"health service facility" means—
(a) a public sector health service facility; or
(b) a private health facility; or
(c) a prescribed health service facility.

"prescribed health service facility" means a facility—
(a) at which a health service is provided; and
(b) that is prescribed by regulation as a prescribed health service facility.

"RCA" , of a reportable event, see section 95 .

"RCA report" see section 100 (1) .

"RCA team" means a group of persons appointed under section 98 .

"relevant health service" , for a reportable event, means the health service during the provision of which the reportable event happened.

"reportable event"
(a) generally—means an event prescribed under a regulation that happens while a health service is being provided; or
(b) in relation to an RCA report—means the reportable event to which the report relates.

"root cause analysis" , of a reportable event, see section 95 .



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