23FCriteria in relation to quality assurance activities: activities that have been engaged in previously in Australia

#### 23F Criteria in relation to quality assurance activities: activities that have been engaged in previously in Australia (1) The criteria stated in this regulation apply if the Minister: (a) is considering whether to make a declaration under subsection 124X(1) of the Act in relation to a quality assurance activity (in this regulation called the activity); and (b) is satisfied on reasonable grounds that a quality assurance activity of that kind (in this regulation called a previous activity) has been engaged in in Australia. (2) The Minister must be satisfied on reasonable grounds that the application of Part VC of the Act to the activity is necessary to make the activity effective by encouraging participation in the activity: (a) by persons who provide health services; and (b) to a greater extent than the participation, by persons who provide health services, in the previous activity. (3) If the activity involves the making of a recommendation to improve or maintain the quality of health services, the Minister must be satisfied on reasonable grounds that the application of Part VC of the Act to the activity is necessary to make the activity effective by encouraging acceptance and implementation of the recommendation: (a) by persons who provide health services; and (b) to a greater extent than the acceptance and implementation, by persons who provide health services, of recommendations made during the previous activity. (4) If the activity involves the making of a recommendation to improve or maintain the quality of health services, the Minister must be satisfied on reasonable grounds that the application of Part VC of the Act to the activity is necessary to make the activity effective by encouraging participation in monitoring the implementation of the recommendation: (a) by persons who provide health services; and (b) to a greater extent than the participation, by persons who provide health services, in monitoring the implementation of recommendations made during the previous activity.