sec.138EStandards about nursing and midwifery workload management

### sec.138E Standards about nursing and midwifery workload management The chief executive may make a standard about nursing and midwifery workload management by Services, including how a Service— calculates its nursing or midwifery human resource requirements; or develops and implements strategies to manage nursing or midwifery resource supply and demand; or evaluates the performance of its nursing or midwifery staff. The standard applies only in relation to the delivery of health services by a Service to the extent the health services are the subject of a nursing and midwifery regulation. The standard may include requirements about reporting nursing and midwifery workload management information to the chief executive. Subsection (3) does not limit the ways a Service may be required to report nursing and midwifery workload management information to the chief executive. A Service may be required to report particular information under its service agreement with the chief executive. The Minister must notify the making of the standard. The Minister’s notice is subordinate legislation. The standard takes effect on the day the Minister’s notice commences or, if a later day of commencement is stated in the Minister’s notice, on the later day. The chief executive must publish the standard on the department’s website. The standard is binding on a Service to the extent it applies under subsection (2) . However, if it is not possible to comply with both the standard and a regulation in relation to a particular matter because of an inconsistency between them, the regulation prevails to the extent of the inconsistency. s 138E ins 2016 No. 29 s 5 (sec.138E-ssec.1) The chief executive may make a standard about nursing and midwifery workload management by Services, including how a Service— calculates its nursing or midwifery human resource requirements; or develops and implements strategies to manage nursing or midwifery resource supply and demand; or evaluates the performance of its nursing or midwifery staff. (sec.138E-ssec.2) The standard applies only in relation to the delivery of health services by a Service to the extent the health services are the subject of a nursing and midwifery regulation. (sec.138E-ssec.3) The standard may include requirements about reporting nursing and midwifery workload management information to the chief executive. (sec.138E-ssec.4) Subsection (3) does not limit the ways a Service may be required to report nursing and midwifery workload management information to the chief executive. A Service may be required to report particular information under its service agreement with the chief executive. (sec.138E-ssec.5) The Minister must notify the making of the standard. (sec.138E-ssec.6) The Minister’s notice is subordinate legislation. (sec.138E-ssec.7) The standard takes effect on the day the Minister’s notice commences or, if a later day of commencement is stated in the Minister’s notice, on the later day. (sec.138E-ssec.8) The chief executive must publish the standard on the department’s website. (sec.138E-ssec.9) The standard is binding on a Service to the extent it applies under subsection (2) . (sec.138E-ssec.10) However, if it is not possible to comply with both the standard and a regulation in relation to a particular matter because of an inconsistency between them, the regulation prevails to the extent of the inconsistency. - (a) calculates its nursing or midwifery human resource requirements; or - (b) develops and implements strategies to manage nursing or midwifery resource supply and demand; or - (c) evaluates the performance of its nursing or midwifery staff.