Health Insurance Act 1973 - Declaration of Quality Assurance Activity under section 124X (QAA No. 1/2003) (Cth)

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

HEALTH INSURANCE ACT 1973

DECLARATION OF QUALITY ASSURANCE ACTIVITY

UNDER SECTION 124X

QAA No. 1/2003

I, KAY CHRISTINE LESLEY PATTERSON, Minister for Health and Ageing, under Section 124X of the Health Insurance Act 1973 (the Act), am satisfied in relation to the quality assurance Activities described in the Schedule (the Activities) that:

1. the persons engaging in the Activities are authorised to do so by an association of health professionals at Items 1 and 2;

1. having regard to the following it is in the public interest that Part VC of the Act apply to the Activities:

(a)the Activities at Items 1 and 2 include the disclosure of information that concerns the quality of services assessed, evaluated or studied or the factors affecting the quality of the services;

(b)the disclosure of information referred to in subparagraph (a) does not identify, either expressly or by implication, particular individuals;

(c)the proposed time and manner of disclosure of all information referred to in subparagraph (a) is acceptable to me;

(d)the Activities at Items 1 and 2 are to be engaged in in more than one State or Territory;

(e)the Activities at Items 1 and 2 are of a kind that have not been engaged in previously in Australia;

(f)the application of Part VC of the Act to the Activities at Items 1 and 2 is necessary to make the Activities effective by encouraging the full participation in the Activities by persons who provide health services;

I hereby DECLARE the Activities to be quality assurance Activities to which Part VC of the Act applies.

…………………Kay Patterson………………………………………………………

Minister for Health and Ageing

Dated:   21^st March 2003  

SCHEDULE

QAA No. 1/2003

DECLARED QUALITY ASSURANCE ACTIVITY TO WHICH PART VC OF THE HEALTH INSURANCE ACT 1973 APPLIES

Item       Description of Quality Assurance Activity

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1. Person engaging in activity:       The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG).

Title:   Gynaecology Oncology Subspecialty Practice Improvement Critical Event Project (GO SPICE).

Description:   The Activity involves evaluating the circumstances surrounding six defined critical events in gynaecology oncology and developing strategies to minimise adverse outcomes from these events.

2. Person engaging in activity:       The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG).

Title:   Clinical Ultrasound in Gynaecology.

Description:   The Activity involves improving the accuracy in the diagnosis of patients who present with common gynaecological symptoms.