Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies to the chief health officer in deciding--
(a) whether a person who has applied for an authority for a private health facility or a proposed private health facility is a suitable person to hold the authority; or
(b) whether a person who holds an authority for a private health facility or a proposed private health facility is a suitable person to continue to hold the authority.
(2) The chief health officer may have regard to the following--
(a) whether the person--
(i) has the appropriate skills, knowledge and experience to operate the facility under a licence in accordance with the standards; or
(ii) has, or is able to obtain, the services of other persons with the appropriate skills, knowledge and experience to enable the person to operate the facility under a licence in accordance with the standards;
(b) if the person is a corporation, the skills, knowledge and experience of the corporation's executive officers that are relevant to operating the facility under a licence in accordance with the standards;
(c) if the person has been convicted of a prescribed offence, the nature, and circumstances of the commission, of the offence;
(d) if the person is a corporation and any of the corporation's executive officers have been convicted of a prescribed offence, the nature, and circumstances of the commission, of the offence;
(e) whether the person held any of the following that was suspended or cancelled--
(i) an authority;
(ii) a licence under the repealed division;
(iii) the equivalent of an authority under a corresponding law;
(f) if the person is a corporation, whether any of the corporation's executive officers held any of the following that was suspended or cancelled--
(i) an authority;
(ii) a licence under the repealed division;
(iii) the equivalent of an authority under a corresponding law;
(g) the person's current financial position and financial background;
(h) whether the person has, or is able to obtain, financial resources the chief health officer reasonably considers are required for the financial viability of the operation of, or proposed operation of, the facility under a licence;
(i) the suitability of associates of the person, as mentioned in section 14;
(j) anything else relevant to the health and wellbeing of persons who are receiving, or may receive, health services at the facility operated, or proposed to be operated, by the person.
(3) In this section--
prescribed offence means an indictable offence or an offence against this Act, the repealed division or a corresponding law.