Ambulance Service Act 1991 (Qld)

Ambulance Service Act 1991

An Act to establish the Queensland Ambulance Service and for other purposes

Part 1    Preliminary

1   Short title

This Act may be cited as the Ambulance Service Act 1991.

2   Definitions

The dictionary in schedule 1 defines particular words used in this Act.

Part 2    Queensland Ambulance Service

3A   Establishment of service

The Queensland Ambulance Service is established.

3B   Membership of service

The service consists of—

(a)the commissioner; and

(b)ambulance officers, medical officers and other staff members employed under section 13.

3D   Service’s functions

(1)The functions of the service are—

(a)to provide, operate and maintain ambulance services; and

(b)for ambulance services provided during rescue and other related activities—to protect persons from injury or death, whether or not the persons are sick or injured; and

(c)to provide transport for persons requiring attention at medical or health care facilities; and

(d)to participate with other emergency services in counter-disaster planning; and

(e)to coordinate all volunteer first aid groups for major emergencies or disasters; and

(f)to adopt and put into effect all necessary measures (including systems of planning, management and quality control) to best ensure the efficient and economic operation and use of its resources in providing ambulance services; and

(g)to provide casualty room services; and

(h)to refer a person to another health service; and

(i)to provide community and workplace education in first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation and other related matters, to the extent that the service’s personnel and equipment can reasonably be deployed or used for the purpose; and

(j)to identify and market products and services incidental to its other functions; and

(k)to collaborate with Hospital and Health Services to manage the interaction between the services provided by the Queensland Ambulance Service and health services provided by Hospital and Health Services; and

(l)to perform other functions given to the service under this Act or another Act; and

(m)to perform functions incidental to its other functions.

(2)In this section—

Hospital and Health Service see the Hospital and Health Boards Act 2011.

3E   Chief executive’s responsibility

(1)The chief executive is responsible for the way the service performs its functions.

(2)Without limiting subsection (1), the chief executive is responsible for—

(a)defining the objectives, strategies and policies to be followed by the service; and

(b)ensuring the service performs its functions in an appropriate, effective and efficient way.

Example—

The chief executive could establish performance measures for the service.

(3)This section does not affect the chief executive’s responsibilities for the department under another Act.

4   Appointment of commissioner

(1)The Governor in Council, acting on the recommendation of the Minister, is to appoint a commissioner of the service.

(2)The commissioner is to be paid such salary…