Health Transparency Act 2019
sec.17Chief executive may require information about public sector health service facilities and State aged care facilities
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sec.17 Chief executive may require information about public sector health service facilities and State aged care facilities
The chief executive may, by notice given to the health service chief executive of a Hospital and Health Service, require the health service chief executive to give the chief executive any of the following information— general information about a public sector health service facility or State aged care facility that is, or is part of, the Service’s health service area; quality and safety information about a public sector health service facility that is, or is part of, the Service’s health service area; residential care information about a State aged care facility that is, or is part of, the Service’s health service area. In this section— health service area , of a Hospital and Health Service, means a health service area declared for the Service under the Hospital and Health Boards Act 2011 , section 17 . health service chief executive , of a Hospital and Health Service, means the health service chief executive appointed for the Service under the Hospital and Health Boards Act 2011 , section 33 . (sec.17-ssec.1) The chief executive may, by notice given to the health service chief executive of a Hospital and Health Service, require the health service chief executive to give the chief executive any of the following information— general information about a public sector health service facility or State aged care facility that is, or is part of, the Service’s health service area; quality and safety information about a public sector health service facility that is, or is part of, the Service’s health service area; residential care information about a State aged care facility that is, or is part of, the Service’s health service area. (sec.17-ssec.2) In this section— health service area , of a Hospital and Health Service, means a health service area declared for the Service under the Hospital and Health Boards Act 2011 , section 17 . health service chief executive , of a Hospital and Health Service, means the health service chief executive appointed for the Service under the Hospital and Health Boards Act 2011 , section 33 .
- (a) general information about a public sector health service facility or State aged care facility that is, or is part of, the Service’s health service area;
- (b) quality and safety information about a public sector health service facility that is, or is part of, the Service’s health service area;
- (c) residential care information about a State aged care facility that is, or is part of, the Service’s health service area.