Hospitals and Health Services (Lower Great Southern Health Service Board) By-laws 1999 (WA)
Western Australia
Hospitals and Health Services Act 1927
These by-laws were repealed by the
Western Australia
Hospitals and Health Services Act 1927
These by-laws may be cited as the
In these by-laws —
The Board is to establish a local health service management committee for each public hospital, or, at the discretion of the Board, group of public hospitals, under the control of the Board.
(1) A local health service management committee is to consist of not less than 5 persons or more than 14 persons appointed by the Board of whom —
(a) at least 2 are Board members; and
(b) all other persons are appointed from persons nominated to the Board in accordance with procedures determined by the Board and approved by the Minister.
(2) The procedures referred to in subclause (1)(b) are to make provision for a number of persons, determined by the Board, who are to be appointed to a committee to represent the senior management of public hospitals under the control of the Board.
The members of a local health service management committee are to elect a member, who is also a Board member, to be the chairperson of the committee.
(1) Subject to sub-bylaw (2), the Schedule to the Act has effect in relation to the constitutional provisions that apply to a local health service management committee.
(2) For the purposes of sub-bylaw (1) —
(a) a reference in the Schedule to the Act —
(i) to the Governor or the Minister is to be taken to be a reference to the Board; or
(ii) to the Chairman is to be taken to be a reference to the chairperson;
(b) clauses 3 and 12 of that Schedule do not apply; and
(c) the reference in clause 14 of that Schedule to “this Act” is to be taken to be a reference to “any directions given by the Board”.
7. Functions of local health service management committee
The functions of a local health service management committee established for a public hospital are, in accordance with such guidelines, if any, as are approved by the Board —
(a) to supervise, and provide advice and recommendations to the Board in relation to, the management of the public hospital;
(b) in association with the Board, to select the person to be employed by the public hospital as its senior employee;
(c) to manage, and provide advice and recommendations to the Board in relation to the management of the funds available to the Board for distribution to the public hospital;
(d) to participate in business and strategic planning processes in relation to the public hospital;
(e) to supervise, and provide advice and recommendations to the Board in relation to, contracts or arrangements entered into for the purposes of services provided by the public hospital; and
(f) to perform any other functions as directed by the Board.
The Board may give directions to a local health service management committee in relation to the performance of the committee’s functions, and the committee is to comply with any direction so given.
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