Health Services Act 1997

A chief executive is to be appointed for each specialty network governed health corporation by the board for the specialty network with the concurrence of the Health Secretary.

Any such chief executive is employed in the NSW Health Service and is a NSW Health Service senior executive.

Sections 24 and 25 apply in relation to a chief executive of a specialty network governed health corporation in the same way as they apply to a chief executive of a local health district, subject to the following modifications—

a reference in those sections to the chief executive of a local health district is to be read as if it were a reference to the chief executive of a specialty network governed health corporation,

a reference in those sections to a local health district is to be read as if it were a reference to a specialty network governed health corporation,

a reference in those sections to a local health district board is to be read as if it were a reference to the board of a specialty network governed health corporation,

such other modifications as may be prescribed by the regulations.