Queensland Consolidated Acts

HOSPITAL AND HEALTH BOARDS ACT 2011 - SCHEDULE 2

SCHEDULE 2 – Dictionary

"Act official" see section 141 (2) .

"administrator" —

(a) for sections 276 and 277 —means the administrator appointed under section 276 ; or

(b) otherwise—means the administrator appointed under section 53K .

(a) for a person who is a health service employee—promote, transfer, second, enter into a contract with or redeploy the employee; or

(b) for a person to whom paragraph (a) does not apply—employ the person as a health service employee.

(a) for a health service audit under part 4 , division 2 —a person who appoints a health service auditor under section 56 ; or

(b) for a clinical review under part 6 , division 3 —a person who appoints a clinical reviewer under section 125 ; or

(c) for part 8 —the person who appoints an authorised person under section 163 or a security officer under section 164 ; or

(d) for a health service investigation under part 9 —a person who appoints a health service investigator under section 190 .

Examples—

air-conditioning, electrical light and power, water and waste services, data and communication, and lifts

(a) practising the practitioner’s profession while intoxicated by alcohol or drugs; or

(b) practising the practitioner’s profession in a way that constitutes a significant departure from accepted professional standards but not in a way that places the public at risk of substantial harm; or

(c) engaging in sexual misconduct in connection with the practice of the practitioner’s profession.

(a) a person registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law ; or

(b) a person, other than a person referred to in paragraph (a) , who provides a health service, including, for example, an audiologist, dietitian or social worker.

(a) for part 3A , division 4 —has the meaning given in section 53I ; and

(b) otherwise—means a Hospital and Health Service established under section 17 .

(a) for part 8 —see section 162 ; or

(b) for part 10 —see section 201 .

(a) inappropriate or improper conduct in performing the member’s duties; or

(b) inappropriate or improper conduct in a private capacity that reflects seriously or adversely on the board.

(a) for part 6 , division 4 , see section 138A ; or

(b) for part 6 , division 5 , see section 138G .

(a) for part 8 —see section 162 ; or

(b) for part 10 —see section 201 .

(a) for part 8 —see section 162 ; or

(b) for part 10 —see section 201 .

(a) for part 8 —see section 162 ; or

(b) for part 10 —see section 201 .

(a) placing the public at risk of substantial harm in the practitioner’s practice of the profession because the practitioner has an impairment; or

(b) placing the public at risk of substantial harm by practising the profession in a way that constitutes a significant departure from accepted professional standards.

(a) is registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law to practise a health profession, other than as a student; or

(b) holds non-practising registration under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law in a health profession.

(a) for information held by a Service—the health service chief executive or the chief executive; or

(b) for information held by the department—the chief executive.

(a) for a quality assurance committee, a person authorised by the committee to help the committee in the performance of its functions, including by—

(i) providing administrative or secretarial services to the committee; or

(ii) advising the committee about the performance of its functions; or

(iii) preparing reports and other information for the committee; or

(b) for a commissioning authority, a person authorised by the authority to help the authority in the performance of its functions, including by—

(i) providing administrative or secretarial services to the authority; or

(ii) advising the authority about the performance of its functions; or

(iii) preparing reports and other information for the authority; or

(c) for an RCA team, a person authorised by the RCA team to help the RCA team in the performance of its functions, including by—

(i) providing administrative or secretarial services to the RCA team; or

(ii) advising the RCA team about the performance of its functions; or

(iii) preparing reports and other information for the RCA team.

Examples of business support service—

• a cleaning service

• catering and laundry services

• a service providing food to hospital patients

• a service to maintain medical equipment

Examples of clinical support service—

• a pathology service

• a blood management service

(a) for part 12 , division 1 —see section 273A (2) ; or

(b) for part 13 —see section 307 (2) .

(a) for part 8 —see section 162 ; or

(b) for part 10 —see section 201 .

(a) working in and for a Service under an agreement between the chief executive and the Service for the chief executive to provide departmental employees to perform work for the Service; and

(b) reporting directly or indirectly to the health service chief executive.

Example of a person who does not work for a Service—

a person employed in the department who provides pathology services to a hospital and health service and does not report directly or indirectly to a health service chief executive