Health Care Act 2008

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Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), the regulations may—

prescribe conditions under which research in the field of health and health services is to be conducted under this Act; and

require any hospital, incorporated health service or private day procedure centre to collect, and furnish the Minister or the Department with, data and statistics in relation to health and health services; and

require any hospital, incorporated health service or private day procedure centre to make prescribed inquiries with a view to ascertaining the requirements of the public, or any section of the public, in relation to any aspect of health care, and to furnish the Minister or the Department with the results of those inquiries; and

prescribe rules relating to the management, operation or winding up of any gift fund, or other funds or accounts; and

prescribe conditions under which financial or technical assistance may be given by the Minister for the establishment, maintenance or operation of a health service; and

regulate the publication and dissemination of information by the Minister or the Department in relation to health and health services; and

provide for the reporting of cases of specified diseases and disabilities to the Minister or the Department; and

prescribe any course of education, training or instruction in professional or other fields of knowledge or expertise related to health services provided, or to be provided, by the Minister, the Department, any hospital or any incorporated health service; and

prescribe standards to be observed by the Minister, the Department, hospitals and incorporated health services in providing services for the prevention of disease, the improvement of health, the care and rehabilitation of the sick or the general well-being of the public;

provide for the establishment and operation of policies, protocols or practices in order to assess the clinical competencies of any health care provider and to determine the appropriate scope of a health care provider's practice in a particular setting or circumstance;

in relation to RCA teams—make provision for or with respect to—

the functions of RCA teams;

the procedures of RCA teams, and the manner in which they are to exercise their functions;

the ability for RCA teams to act in relation to various entities, including so that a RCA team appointed by one entity may act in relation to an incident that involves another entity; and

prescribe standards to be observed by private hospitals and private day procedure centres in the provision of health services; and

prescribe standards to be observed by the holder of a restricted ambulance service licence in the provision of health services; and

prescribe the records to be kept by private hospitals and private day procedure centres; and

prescribe fines not exceeding $10 000 for contravention of any regulation.

The regulations may—

make different provision according to the persons, things or circumstances to which they are expressed to apply; and

be of general or limited application; and

provide that a matter or thing is to be determined, dispensed with, regulated or prohibited according to the discretion of the Minister or another prescribed authority.