Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

HEALTH (AMENDMENT) ACT 1994 (NO. 23 OF 1994) - SECT 4

4. Section 5 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsection:

“(1) The following guidelines govern the delivery of public hospital services to eligible persons in the Territory:

            [See footnote (1)]

        (a)     eligible persons must be given the choice to receive public hospital services free of charge as public patients;

            [See footnote (2)]

        (b)     access to public hospital services is to be on the basis of clinical need;

            [See footnote (3)]

        (c)     to the maximum practicable extent, the Territory will ensure the provision of public hospital services equitably to all eligible persons, regardless of their geographical location;

            [See footnote (4)]

        (d)     the Commonwealth and the Territory must make available information on the public hospital services eligible persons can expect to receive as public patients;

            [See footnote (5)]

        (e)     the Commonwealth and the Territory are committed to making improvements in the efficiency, effectiveness and quality of hospital service delivery.

            [See footnote (6)] ”.