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Ambulance Service Act 1991
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### sec.3D Service’s functions
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 .
s 3D ins 1997 No. 6 s 5
amd 2001 No. 76 s 5 ; 2008 No. 64 s 4 ; 2020 No. 31 s 4
(sec.3D-ssec.1) 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.
(sec.3D-ssec.2) In this section— Hospital and Health Service see the Hospital and Health Boards Act 2011 .
- (a) to provide, operate and maintain ambulance services; and
- (b) 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
- (c) to provide transport for persons requiring attention at medical or health care facilities; and
- (d) to participate with other emergency services in counter-disaster planning; and
- (e) to coordinate all volunteer first aid groups for major emergencies or disasters; and
- (f) 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
- (g) to provide casualty room services; and
- (h) to refer a person to another health service; and
- (i) 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
- (j) to identify and market products and services incidental to its other functions; and
- (k) 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
- (l) to perform other functions given to the service under this Act or another Act; and
- (m) to perform functions incidental to its other functions.