Health Act 1993
38AExtraordinary reports
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38A Extraordinary reports (1) This section applies if— (a) a quality assurance committee is assessing and evaluating health services under section 36; and (b) the quality assurance committee becomes aware of something that is sufficiently serious to require urgent action to prevent or limit any adverse effect it might have on the health service. (2) The quality assurance committee must report the thing to the director-general as soon as possible, even if the committee has not completed the assessment and evaluation. (3) Subsection (2) applies even if the thing is not related to the quality assurance activity the committee is carrying out. (4) A report under subsection (2) must be in writing and may include
Assessment and evaluation of health services Division 4.3