69FRight of intervention in management

69F Right of intervention in management (1) The Minister may intervene in the management of a hospital if he or she considers that it is necessary to do so for the protection of the health or safety of public hospital patients receiving or requiring services at the hospital. (2) If the Minister intervenes in the management of a hospital, he or she may appoint an administrator to manage the hospital until the Minister determines that the health or safety of public hospital patients receiving or requiring services at the hospital no longer requires the appointment of an administrator. (3) If an administrator is appointed under subsection (2), then for the period of that appointment— (a) the contractor or a sub-contractor must act in relation to the management or operation of the hospital in accordance with the directions of the administrator; or (b) the contractor or a sub-contractor must as directed by the administrator, cease to act in relation to the management or operation of the hospital completely or to the extent specified in the direction. (4) A person engaged or employed by the contractor or a sub-contractor to act in relation to the management or operation of the hospital must comply with the directions of the administrator in doing so. (5) An administrator appointed under subsection (2) has and may carry out or exercise for the period of the appointment all of the functions or powers of the contractor or any sub-contractor, in relation to the management or operation of the hospital, under this Act or the regulations or the agreement under section 69B(1). (6) Without limiting subsection (5), the administrator has power to do anything necessary for the protection of the health or safety of public hospital patients receiving or requiring health services at the hospital in accordance with the agreement under section 69B(1). S. 69F(7) amended by No. 46/1998 s. 7(Sch. 1). (7) The Secretary must provide the administrator with any assistance necessary to the carrying out of his or her functions or exercise of his or her powers under this section. (8) Nothing in this section limits, or takes away, any function or power conferred on a person (including a person on whom a function or power is conferred by this section), whether under this or any other Act or otherwise including the agreement under section 69B(1). S. 69G inserted by No. 68/1996 s. 28.