Dictionary
Schedule 1 Dictionary
section 2
ambulance officer means an ambulance officer appointed under section 13 and an honorary ambulance officer appointed under section 14.
ambulance service means service relating to the work of rendering emergency treatment and patient care to, and the transport of, sick and injured persons.
appointed member...
approved superannuation scheme means—
the Queensland Ambulance Service Superannuation Scheme; or
another superannuation scheme approved by the Governor in Council under section 17.
authorised officer means an officer authorised under section 37.
award...
blameworthy act, for part 4A, division 4, see section 36I.
board...
chain of events document...
chief executive officer...
code of practice means a code of practice under section 41.
commencement, for part 8, division 6, see section 96.
commissioner means the commissioner of the service appointed under section 4.
commissioning authority, for part 4A, see section 36A.
committee means a local ambulance committee established under section 26.
confidential information means information—
acquired by a person in the person’s capacity as a designated officer; and
from which a person receiving, or who has received, an ambulance service could be identified.
constitution, of a committee, means the committee’s constitution under this Act.
conviction includes a plea of guilty or a finding of guilt by a court even though a conviction is not recorded.
coroner, for part 4A, see section 36A.
corporation...
designated officer means each of the following persons—
the chief executive;
the commissioner;
a service officer;
an honorary ambulance officer;
a public service employee employed in the service other than as a service officer;
an agent of the service.
designated person, for part 7, division 1, see section 50D.
director...
disciplinary action...
disciplinary declaration...
disciplinary finding...
disciplinary ground...
disciplinary law...
employee of a previous committee...
employee of the board...
employing chief executive...
excluded notifiable conduct, for part 4A, division 5, see section 36L.
fire service chief executive...
fire service officer...
former service officer...
health ombudsman means the health ombudsman under the Health Ombudsman Act 2013.
Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Queensland) see the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law Act 2009, section 4.
health professional, for part 7, division 1, see section 50D.
health service see the Health Ombudsman Act 2013, section 7.
honorary ambulance officer means a person appointed as an honorary ambulance officer under section 14(1).
impairment, for part 4A, division 5, see section 36L.
industrial agreement...
industrial instrument includes—
an industrial instrument under the Industrial Relations Act 2016; and
a determination or rule of a commission, court, board, tribunal or other entity having authority under a law of the Commonwealth or this State to exercise powers of conciliation or arbitration for industrial matters or industrial disputes.
information, for part 4A, division 5, see section 36L.
medical director, for part 4A, division 5, see section 36L.
National Agency...
normal remuneration, in relation to a service officer, means all of the remuneration and other entitlements to which the officer is or would be entitled, calculated on the basis of—
the ordinary hours worked by the officer; and
the amounts payable to the officer for the hours worked by the officer, including, for example, allowances, loadings and penalties; and
any other amounts payable to the officer under the officer’s contract of employment.
notice, for part 4A, see section 36A.
officer of the Queensland Ambulance Service...
prescribed employee...
previous chief executive...
previous committee...
public risk notifiable conduct, for part 4A, see section 36A.
public sector disciplinary law...
RCA report, for part 4A, see section 36A.
RCA team see section 36A.
registered health practitioner, for part 4A, see section 36A.
relevant disciplinary ground...
relevant disciplinary law...
relevant disciplinary provision...
relevant employee...
relevant person, for part 4A, see section 36A.
repealed Act...
reportable event see section 36A.
reprisal means a reprisal mentioned in section 36X(3).
root cause analysis or RCA see section 36B.
serious disciplinary action, in relation to a person, means—
disciplinary action under a disciplinary law involving—
termination of employment; or
reduction of classification level or rank; or
transfer or redeployment to other employment; or
reduction of remuneration level; or
a disciplinary declaration under a public sector disciplinary law that states a disciplinary action mentioned in paragraph (a)(i) or (ii) as the disciplinary action that would have been taken against the person if the person’s employment had not ended.
service means the Queensland Ambulance Service.
service officer means a person employed under section 13(1).
subscriber...
takes a reprisal means the taking of a reprisal as mentioned in section 36X(3).
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