Hospital Foundations Act 2018
sec.7Objects for which foundation may hold and manage property
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sec.7 Objects for which foundation may hold and manage property
The objects for which a foundation may hold and manage property are as follows— to support, improve or promote an existing public sector hospital, public sector health service facility or public sector health service; buying medical equipment funding the improvement of a building from which public sector health services are provided to support or promote a proposed public sector hospital, public sector health service facility or public sector health service; to give financial support for the education, training or development of the employees of a Hospital and Health Service or persons working as volunteers for a Hospital and Health Service; funding educational or professional development courses to give financial support for persons studying or teaching medical or health science, allied health or health administration; to give financial support for research in medical or health science or to promote the results of that research; funding research centres or research projects to support or promote the objectives of preventing illness and improving the health and wellbeing of the Queensland population; to do anything else that is likely to support, improve or promote public health. funding a preventative health program providing a patient transport service subsidising the provision of car parking for patients of a public sector hospital and their support persons s 7 amd 2019 No. 16 s 55
- (a) to support, improve or promote an existing public sector hospital, public sector health service facility or public sector health service; Examples— 1 buying medical equipment 2 funding the improvement of a building from which public sector health services are provided
- 1 buying medical equipment
- 2 funding the improvement of a building from which public sector health services are provided
- (b) to support or promote a proposed public sector hospital, public sector health service facility or public sector health service;
- (c) to give financial support for the education, training or development of the employees of a Hospital and Health Service or persons working as volunteers for a Hospital and Health Service; Example— funding educational or professional development courses
- (d) to give financial support for persons studying or teaching medical or health science, allied health or health administration;
- (e) to give financial support for research in medical or health science or to promote the results of that research; Example— funding research centres or research projects
- (f) to support or promote the objectives of preventing illness and improving the health and wellbeing of the Queensland population;
- (g) to do anything else that is likely to support, improve or promote public health. Examples— 1 funding a preventative health program 2 providing a patient transport service 3 subsidising the provision of car parking for patients of a public sector hospital and their support persons