Ambulance Service Act 1991

This Act may be cited as the Ambulance Service Act 1991.

The dictionary in schedule 1 defines particular words used in this Act.

s 3 amd 1997 No. 6 s 3 sch

om 1998 No. 37 s 4

The Queensland Ambulance Service is established.

The service consists of—

the commissioner; and

ambulance officers, medical officers and other staff members employed under section 13.

s 3C ins 1997 No. 6 s 5

amd 2001 No. 45 s 29 sch 3

om 2001 No. 76 s 4

The functions of the service are—

to provide, operate and maintain ambulance services; and

for ambulance services provided during rescue and other related activities—to protect persons from injury or death, whether or not the persons are sick or injured; and

to provide transport for persons requiring attention at medical or health care facilities; and

to participate with other emergency services in counter-disaster planning; and

to coordinate all volunteer first aid groups for major emergencies or disasters; and

to adopt and put into effect all necessary measures (including systems of planning, management and quality control) to best ensure the efficient and economic operation and use of its resources in providing ambulance services; and

to provide casualty room services; and

to refer a person to another health service; and

to provide community and workplace education in first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation and other related matters, to the extent that the service’s personnel and equipment can reasonably be deployed or used for the purpose; and

to identify and market products and services incidental to its other functions; and

to collaborate with Hospital and Health Services to manage the interaction between the services provided by the Queensland Ambulance Service and health services provided by Hospital and Health Services; and

to perform other functions given to the service under this Act or another Act; and

to perform functions incidental to its other functions.

In this section—

Hospital and Health Service see the Hospital and Health Boards Act 2011.

The chief executive is responsible for the way the service performs its functions.

Without limiting subsection (1), the chief executive is responsible for—

defining the objectives, strategies and policies to be followed by the service; and

ensuring the service performs its functions in an appropriate, effective and efficient way.

Example—

The chief executive could establish performance measures for the service.

This section does not affect the chief executive’s responsibilities for the department under another Act.

s 3F ins 1997 No. 6 s 5

sub 1998 No. 37 s 5

om 2001 No. 76 s 6

s 3G ins 1997 No. 6 s 5

sub 1998 No. 37 s 5

om 2001 No. 76 s 6

s 3H ins 1997 No. 6 s 5

om 1998 No. 37 s 5

s 3I ins 1997 No. 6 s 5

om 1998 No. 37 s 5