Health Complaints Act 1995
56AAACodes of conduct
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56AAA Codes of conduct
[Section 56AAA of Part 6 Inserted by No. 19 of 2018, s. 11, Applied:31 Dec 2024]
(1) The regulations may prescribe codes of conduct for the provision of health services by health care workers.
(2) A code of conduct may make different provisions for different classes of health services.
(3) A person who breaches a code of conduct is not, on account of the breach alone, liable to any civil or criminal action.
(4) However, if a person breaches a code of conduct, the Commissioner may enforce compliance with the code of conduct in the circumstances contemplated by sections 56AAB and 56AAC .
(5) Subsections (3) and (4) do not limit or derogate from any other provision of this Act or any other law.