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Health Care Act 2008
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Division 6—Sites, facilities and property
48AQ Ability to operate at various sites
48AR Ability to provide a range of services and facilities
Division 7—Delegations
48AS Delegations
Division 8—Fees
48AT Fees
Division 9—Inspectors
48AU Inspectors
Part 5A—Health access zones
48B Interpretation
48C Object and application of Part
48D Certain behaviour prohibited in health access zones
48E Police officer may direct person to leave health access zone
48F Offence to publish or distribute recording
Part 6—Ambulance services
Division 1—South Australian Ambulance Service (SAAS)
49 Continuation of SAAS
50 Management arrangements
51 Functions and powers of SAAS
52 Employed staff
52A SAAS workforce culture and staff wellbeing
53 Accrued rights for employees
54 Delegation
55 Accounts and audit
56 Annual report
Division 2—Provision of ambulance services
57 Emergency ambulance services
58 Licence to provide non-emergency ambulance services
Division 3—Miscellaneous
59 Fees
60 Holding out etc
61 Power to use force to enter premises
62 Exemptions
Part 7—Quality improvement and research
63 Preliminary
64 Declaration of authorised activities and authorised persons
65 Provision of information
66 Protection of information
67 Protection from liability
Part 8—Analysis of adverse incidents
68 Preliminary
69 Appointment of teams
70 Restrictions on teams
71 Provision of information
72 Reports
73 Protection of information
74 Immunity provision
75 Victimisation
Part 9—Testamentary gifts and trusts
76 Interpretation
77 Application of Part
78 Testamentary gifts and trusts
Part 10—Private hospitals
79 Prohibition of operating private hospitals unless licensed
80 Application for licence
81 Grant of licence
82 Conditions of licence
83 Offence for licence holder to contravene Act or licence condition
84 Duration of licences
85 Transfer of licence
86 Surrender, suspension and cancellation of licences
87 Review of decision or order of Minister
88 Inspectors
88A Exemptions
Part 10A—Private day procedure centres
89 Preliminary
89A Standards of construction, facilities and equipment
89B Prohibition on providing prescribed health services unless licensed
89C Private day procedure centre licence
89D Conditions of licence
89E Offence for licence holder to contravene Act or licence condition
89F Duration of licences
89G Transfer of licence
89H Surrender, suspension and cancellation of licences
89I Review of decision or order of Minister
89J Inspectors
89K Vicarious liability
Part 11—Miscellaneous
89L Other staffing arrangements
90 Recognised organisations
90A Acquisition of property
91 Duty of Registrar-General
92 Conflict of interest
93 Confidentiality
95 General defence
96 Evidentiary provision
97 Administrative acts
98 Forms of Ministerial approvals
99 Gift funds established by Minister
99A Fees
100 Regulations
102 Review of Act
Schedule 1—Health Performance Council
1 Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson
2 Deputies
3 Term of office
4 Allowances
5 Vacancy in office of member
6 Procedures of HPC
7 Committees and subcommittees
Schedule 2—Health Advisory Councils
1 Term of office
2 Vacancy in office of member
3 Application of Public Sector (Honesty and Accountability) Act
4 Presiding member
5 Procedures
6 Committees and subcommittees
7 Interpretation
Schedule 3—Governing boards for incorporated hospitals and incorporated health services
1 Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson
2 Term of office
3 Remuneration
4 Removal from office
5 Vacancy in office of member
5A Requirement to publish
6 Validity of acts
7 Public meetings
8 Procedures
9 Committees and subcommittees
10 Appointment of advisers
11 Functions of advisers
12 Dismissal of governing board
13 Administrators
14 Use of facilities etc
Schedule 3A—Dissolution of Health Advisory Councils
1 Preliminary
2 Dissolution of Health Advisory Councils
3 HAC members
4 Property to be transferred
5 General provisions
Schedule 4—Transitional provisions
Part 20—Transitional provisions
34 Incorporated hospitals
35 Incorporated health centres
36 By-laws
37 Private hospitals
38 Disclosure of confidential information
39 SAAS
40 Licences—ambulances
41 Public and environmental health
42 Other provisions
Legislative history
The Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows: