HEALTH SERVICES ACT 1997 - SECT 80 What is a service contract?

HEALTH SERVICES ACT 1997 - SECT 80

80 What is a service contract?

(cf PH Act s 29K)

(1) A
"service contract" is an agreement between--

(a) a public health organisation and a medical practitioner under which the practitioner is appointed as a visiting practitioner to provide to or on behalf of the public health organisation the medical services that are specified in the agreement, or

(b) a public health organisation and a practice company under which--

(i) the medical practitioner who conducts his or her practice by means of the company is appointed as a visiting practitioner, and

(ii) the company agrees to provide to or on behalf of the public health organisation the medical services, to be performed by the medical practitioner (as a visiting practitioner), that are specified in the agreement.

(2) Any contract, agreement or other arrangement for the supply of medical services that is entered into as a result of a tendering process is not a service contract.