5Interpretation

5 Interpretation

accreditation action means an independent body’s grant, refusal to grant or revocation of accreditation, however any of these actions are described, in relation to the rendering of some or all of the pathology services at premises.

designated person means a person who is designated in an application for approval under section 23DN of the Act as the person responsible for a premises’ compliance with relevant standards.

NPAAC means the National Pathology Accreditation Advisory Council established under subsection 9(1) of the National Health Act 1953.

pathologist means a medical practitioner recognised as a specialist for the purposes of the Act in relation to any of the specialties listed in Column 3, Item 113 of Schedule 4 of the Health Insurance Regulations 1975, or regulations made to replace those regulations.

(a) been trained and successfully examined or assessed as competent by the relevant College, professional society, or credentialing body; and

S(FC) laboratory has the same meaning as in the Requirements for Supervision in the Clinical Governance of Medical Pathology Laboratories (Eighth Edition 2025).

special adviser means a person appointed by the Minister to advise the Minister on the standards of pathology services rendered at premises.

State accreditation means accreditation under an accreditation system under the written law of a State or under a State Government administrative arrangement to provide accreditation, however described, for provision of pathology services.

(3) Subject to subsection (4), the Minister may approve an organisation as an independent body in relation to a category or categories of laboratory for the purposes of these Principles. (a) ordinarily an organisation other than NATA should be approved only if there is a high level of confidence that the organisation is a suitable organisation to act as an independent body for the purposes of these Principles; and (5) A reference in these Principles to the revocation of accreditation by an independent body or to revocation of State accreditation includes, without limitation: that has the effect of revoking, cancelling, suspending or rendering inoperative the accreditation, or an aspect of the accreditation, no matter what term is used to describe that action. (6) In these Principles a reference to an application for approval under section 23DN of the Act includes without limitation an application for a variation of an approval: