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AMBULANCE SERVICES ACT 1986 - SECT 37

Secretary may commission audits

    (1)     Having regard to the public interest, the Secretary may commission an audit of an ambulance service to determine whether the ambulance service

        (a)     is effectively using the public funds allocated to it; or

S. 37(1)(b) substituted by No. 52/2017 s. 79.

        (b)     is providing safe, patient-centred and appropriate services; or

S. 37(1)(ba) inserted by No. 52/2017 s. 79.

        (ba)     is fostering continuous improvement in the quality and safety of the care and services it provides; or

        (c)     is meeting the objectives, priorities and key performance outcomes specified in its current statement of priorities under section 22F.

    (2)     If the Secretary commissions an audit, the Secretary must set the terms of reference for the audit, including when the auditor is to report to the Secretary.

    (3)     An auditor must report to the Secretary in accordance with subsection (2).

S. 38 repealed by No. 31/1994 s. 4(Sch. 2 item 6), new  s. 38 inserted by No. 51/2004 s. 18.



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