Private Hospitals and Day Procedure Centres Act 1988 Regulation relating to medical advisory committees and the responsibilities of medical practitioners (1991-577) [GG No 157 of 8.11.1991] (NSW)

1991—No. 577

PRIVATE HOSPITALS AND DAY PROCEDURE CENTRES

ACT 1988—REGULATION

(Relating to medical advisory committees and the responsibilities of

medical practitioners) NEW SOUTH WALES

[Published in Gazette No. 157 of 8 November 1991]

HIS Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, and in pursuance of the Private Hospitals and Day Procedure Centres Act 1988, has been pleased to make the Regulation set forth hereunder.

JOHN HANNAFORD

Minister for Health and Community Services.

Commencement

1. This Regulation commences on 8 November 1991.

Amendments

2. The Day Procedure Centres Regulation 1990 is amended:

(a) by inserting after clause 1.3.1 (1) of Schedule 1 the following subclause:

(1A) The medical advisory committee may include up to 2

additional members appointed by the licensee of whom:

(a)	1 may be a medical practitioner nominated by the licensee; and
(b)	1 may be a medical practitioner nominated by a learned college or other relevant professional organisation.

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(b)	by omitting from clauses 1.3.1 (2) (a) and 1.3.2 (3) (b) of Schedule 1 the word “privileges” wherever occurring and by inserting instead the word “responsibilities”;
(c)	by inserting in clause 1.3.1 (4) of Schedule 1 after the word “advice” the words “on my of the matters referred to in subclause (2)”.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The purpose of this Regulation is to amend the Day Procedure Centres

Regulation 1990 so as:

(a)	to allow the licensee of a day procedure centre to increase the membership of the centre’s medical advisory committee by appointing up to 2 additional members, of whom 1 may be a medical practitioner nominated by the licensee and 1 may be a medical practitioner nominated by an appropriate academic or professional body; and
(b)	to refer to the “clinical responsibilities” of practitioners rather than to their “clinical privileges”; and
(c)	to clarify that the medical advisory committee’s function to report any persistent failure of the licensee to act on the committee’s advice is confined to the committee’s area of responsibility.