Tasmanian Health Service Act 2018 (Tas)

Tasmanian Health Service Act 2018

An Act to continue the Tasmanian Health Service established under the Tasmanian Health Organisations Act 2011 , to provide for the role of the Secretary and the Executive in relation to the Tasmanian Health Service, to repeal the Tasmanian Health Organisations Act 2011 , and for related purposes [Royal Assent 12 June 2018]

Be it enacted by Her Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:

PART 1 - Preliminary

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Tasmanian Health Service Act 2018 .

2. Commencement The provisions of this Act commence on a day or days to be proclaimed.

3. Interpretation In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears – advisory panel means an advisory panel established under section 13(1) ; employee, in relation to the THS, means a person who is, under section 23 , made available to the THS for the purposes of the THS; Executive means the Executive appointed under section 26(1) ; function includes duty; health institution means an institution (other than a hospital) by or at which health services or health support services are provided; health service means any of the following: (a) a hospital service; (b) a medical service; (c) a paramedical service; (d) a community health service; (e) the supply or fitting of any prosthesis or therapeutic device; (f) any other service (including any service of a class, or description, that is prescribed) relating to the maintenance or improvement of the health, or the restoration to health, of persons or the prevention of disease in, or injury to, persons – but does not include a service prescribed to not be a health service; health support service means a service that is provided in aid or support of a health service and includes, but is not limited to including, the following: (a) the professional, technical or other education or training of persons to be employed or engaged by the THS or the Crown to provide health services; (b) the procurement or supply, or both, of goods, substances or services to providers of health services; (c) the planning or construction of any building or facility for use in the provision of health services; (d) the provision of corporate services to providers of health services; (e) a service prescribed to be a health support service; hospital services means services provided by or on behalf of a public hospital; medical service means a service, related to ensuring the health of a person, that is provided by – (a) a health practitioner within the meaning of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Tasmania); or (b) a member of a class of prescribed persons; ministerial charter means the ministerial charter that is in effect from time to time under section 5 ; public hospital means a hospital that is under the control of the THS; Secretary means the Secretary of the Department; service plan means a service plan approved under section 9 ; THS means the Tasmanian Health Service continued under section 15 and includes any subsidiary of the THS.