Health Services Act 1997
80What is a service contract?
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80 What is a service contract?
80 What is a service contract?
(cf PH Act s 29K)
(1) A service contract is an agreement between—
(a) a public health organisation and a medical practitioner under which the practitioner is appointed as a visiting practitioner to provide to or on behalf of the public health organisation the medical services that are specified in the agreement, or
(b) a public health organisation and a practice company under which—
(i) the medical practitioner who conducts his or her practice by means of the company is appointed as a visiting practitioner, and
(ii) the company agrees to provide to or on behalf of the public health organisation the medical services, to be performed by the medical practitioner (as a visiting practitioner), that are specified in the agreement.
(2) Any contract, agreement or other arrangement for the supply of medical services that is entered into as a result of a tendering process is not a service contract.