COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
                                                     HEALTH INSURANCE ACT 1973
 
                                 DECLARATION OF QUALITY ASSURANCE ACTIVITY
                                                            UNDER SECTION 124X
                                                                   QAA No. 1/2008
 
 
I, Nicola Roxon, Minister for Health and Ageing, under Section 124X of the Health Insurance Act 1973 (the Act):
 
1.             DECLARE the Activity described in the Schedule to this declaration (the Activity) to be a quality assurance activity to which Part VC of the Act applies being satisfied in relation to the Activity that:
(i)             the people engaging in the Activity are authorised to do so by an association of health professionals;
(ii)           it is in the public interest that Part VC of the Act apply to the Activities having regard to the criteria prescribed in regulations 23C to 23G (inclusive) of the Health Insurance Regulations 1975.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                   Nicola Roxon…………………………………………………………………
 
                   Minister for Health and Ageing
 
 
                   Dated:         31 / 03 / 2008     
                                                                               
 
                                                                               
SCHEDULE
                                                                   QAA No. 1/2008
DECLARED QUALITY ASSURANCE ACTIVITY TO WHICH PART VC OF THE HEALTH INSURANCE ACT 1973 APPLIES
Item                                                                Description of Quality Assurance Activity
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1.         Organisation engaging in activity:     Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia.
 
Title:                                                    Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia Key Incident Monitoring and Management System.
 
Description:                                        The Activity is a quality assurance program to measure, report and monitor pre- and post- analytical laboratory incidents and errors, to enable participant laboratories to benchmark their performance and to allow laboratories to implement quality improvement activities appropriate to their performance as measured by the activity.
 
 
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