Health Care Variation Regulations 2014 (SA)

South Australia

Health Care Variation Regulations 2014

under the Health Care Act 2008

Contents

Part 1—Preliminary

1            Short title

2            Commencement

3            Variation provisions

Part 2—Variation of Health Care Regulations 2008

4            Insertion of new Part

Part 7—Clinical competencies and scope of practice

29          Clinical competencies and scope of practice

Part 1—Preliminary

1—Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Health Care Variation Regulations 2014.

2—Commencement

These regulations come into operation on the day on which they are made.

3—Variation provisions

In these regulations, a provision under a heading referring to the variation of specified provisions varies the regulations so specified.

Part 2—Variation of Health Care Regulations 2008

4—Insertion of new Part

After regulation 28 insert:

Part 7—Clinical competencies and scope of practice

29—Clinical competencies and scope of practice

For the purposes of section 100(2)(j) of the Act—

(a)the Chief Executive may establish policies or protocols that set out practices in order to assess the clinical competencies of, and to determine the scope of the clinical practice of, specified classes of health care providers in specified settings or circumstances (including before a person is engaged as a health care provider) (being policies or practices that may be varied or substituted, and have effect, from time to time and according to their terms); and

(b)the Chief Executive may establish committees to undertake practices associated with assessing the clinical competencies of, and to determine the scope of the clinical practice of, specified classes of health care providers under any policy or protocol established under paragraph (a); and

(c)an incorporated hospital and SAAS, and any person engaged in connection with the Act, must comply with, and apply, any policies, protocols or practices established under paragraph (a); and

(d)an incorporated hospital or SAAS may establish policies, protocols and practices that are secondary or subordinate to (and consistent with) any policies, protocols or practices established under paragraph (a).

Note—

As required by section 10AA(2) of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1978, the Minister has certified that, in the Minister's opinion, it is necessary or appropriate that these regulations come into operation as set out in these regulations.

Made by the Governor

with the advice and consent of the Executive Council

on 13 February 2014

No 49 of 2014

HEAC-2013-00010