Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A health service is a service for maintaining, improving or restoring people's health and wellbeing.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), a health service includes--
(a) a service provided to a person at a hospital, nursing home, community health facility or other place; and
(b) a service dealing with public health, including a program or activity for--
(i) the prevention and control of disease or sickness; or
(ii) the prevention of injury; or
(iii) the protection and promotion of health.
Example of health service mentioned in paragraph (b)--
a childhood immunisation program
(3) In addition, a health service includes any administrative or other support service directly related to a health service.
Examples of support services--
catering and laundry services provided at a hospital