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Mrs Nolan: We just took them out.

MR BERRY: This is 43A.

Mr Kaine: You have screwed it up again, Wayne; pretty sloppy.

MR BERRY: It is very difficult to move quickly enough to keep up with some of the juggling of the Government members opposite, but I think this is not a bad attempt. I have to thank the staff who provided this at short notice.

I move:

That the following new clause be inserted in the Bill after clause 43, page 15:

"Quality Assurance Program

43A. If the Board is unable to prepare a proper quality assurance program within six months of gazettal of this Act, the following sections shall be reinstated:

Participation in quality assurance activities

41. The Board may direct -

(a) a member of staff; or

(b) a health services consultant;

to participate to the extent that the Board considers necessary and reasonable in quality assurance activities.

Clinical records

42. The Board may direct -

(a) a member of staff whose duties include the compilation of clinical records at a health facility; or

(b) a health services consultant;

to maintain clinical records which -

(c) are timely and complete; and

(d) conform with the Medical Record Service Standards as published from time to time by the Australian Council on Healthcare Standards Ltd;

and not to remove those records from the relevant health facility.".

This amendment, Mr Speaker, seeks to provide for the board to give leeway to the medical profession to provide quality assurance programs within six months of gazettal of the Act. If it does not provide those proper quality assurance programs within six months of gazettal of the Act, then the clauses which are set out in the amendment circulated in my name will be reinstated; that is to say, the board may direct the health services consultants and staff to participate in the quality assurance activities, and the

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