Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) It shall be the
duty of the Minister to provide, to such extent as he considers necessary to
meet all reasonable requirements, —
(a)
hospital accommodation; and
(b)
hospital service, whether at a public hospital or, if necessary on medical
grounds, elsewhere; and
(c)
health services.
(2) Subject to the
provisions of the University Medical School, Teaching Hospitals,
Act 1955 , it shall be the duty of the Minister to ensure that such
facilities as the Minister determines to be required for clinical teaching and
research are provided at teaching hospitals, and that those facilities and the
medical and teaching resources, and the services available, are co-ordinated
and utilised effectively.
(3) The duty of the
Minister under this section may be discharged by making arrangements, on such
terms, which may include the payment of charges, as the Minister thinks fit
for securing the performance of any service on behalf of the Minister.
(4) The duty of the
Minister does not extend to any matter within the exclusive administrative
competence of any institution other than a public hospital, unless by and with
the consent of the governing body of that institution.
[Section 5A inserted by No. 33 of 1972
s. 8; amended by No. 103 of 1994 s. 7; No. 17 of 1996
s. 4.]
[ 6. Deleted by No. 28 of 1984 s. 51.]
[ 6A. Deleted by No. 71 of 1976 s. 3.]