❓ Mr Day asks about the implementation status of recommendations from the 2000-2001 Inquiry into Obstetric and Gynaecological Services at King Edward Memorial Hospital. The Minister for Health responds that four recommendations, primarily concerning legislative and statutory issues, have not been fully implemented.
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With reference to the Inquiry into Obstetric and Gynaecological Services at King Edward Memorial Hospital 1990 – 2000, undertaken in 2000 and 2001, I ask -
(1) Which recommendations of the report have not been implemented?
(2) For each such recommendation, what is the reason it has not been implemented?
(1) Which recommendations of the report have not been implemented?
(2) For each such recommendation, what is the reason it has not been implemented?
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19 March 2007
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Minister for Health
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(1) Four recommendations from the report have not been implemented. The recommendations relate to legislative and statutory issues. The four recommendations are as follows: Rec 2.2 (No. 2) Legislative Framework The Hospitals and Health Services Act and the Public Sector Management Act should be amended to ensure that where an inquiry is conducted under either or both of those Acts - a) witnesses and counsel have the same protections that are available under the Royal Commissions Act; b) those assisting the inquiry (including the inquiry's staff, consultants and those providing information to the inquiry) have clear and adequate statutory protections from personal liability; c) the inquiry has the power to refer any matter arising out of its investigation to a State or Commonwealth authority that has power under a law to investigate or take action in relation to a matter of that kind; d) the inquiry has the power to protect from publication any information given to it in confidence by a person who does not appear as a formal witness, and confidential information and evidence given to or obtained by the inquiry is protected from publication and access after the completion of the inquiry. Rec 11.6.2 (No 166) Statutory Mortality Committees Close attention will need to be given to matters such as - (a) the inclusion or amendment of definitions of maternal, perinatal and infant mortality (and related terms including stillbirths) - particularly having regard to the work that has been done towards the development of a national uniform classification system; (b) the streamlining and integration of requirements and procedures for identifying and reporting deaths, including the removal of inconsistencies within the Health Act and between the Health Act and the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act; (c) the review of the current reporting obligations on doctors and nurses under sections 335 and 336 of the Health Act for the purpose of determining - (i) whether those statutory obligations, and the administrative requirements to give effect to those obligations, can be streamlined having regard not only to the provisions of the Health Act but also to the parallel reporting requirements to the Coroner and the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages; (ii) whether the practical benefits in retaining some or all of the obligations outweigh the administrative burden on doctors and nurses in complying with the obligations; and (iii) whether, in practice, compliance with the obligations can be enforced; (d) whether there should be a power to exclude categories of deaths from those that are to be investigated and, if so, the extent and criteria for the exercise of that power; (e) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure that investigations and reviews are completed in a timely manner; (f) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure that the mortality committees carry out their educative roles, including producing timely reviews, case summaries, recommendations, "constructive comments" and statistical data; (g) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure proper reporting by, and public accountability of, the mortality committees; and (h) the membership, including the leadership, of the mortality committees. Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" The definitions of 'death' and 'stillbirth' under the Health Act are to be broadened so that they are consistent with the definitions adopted by the NHMRC. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses If doctors and nurses are to continue to be subject to statutory reporting obligations, those obligations are to be observed and enforced and administrative arrangements are to be put in place to ensure that they are observed and enforced. (2) Rec 2.2 (No. 2) Legislative Framework This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that existing legislation already provides the protection sought by the Douglas Inquiry and that this demonstrates that no legislative change is required. Rec 11.6.2 (No 166) Statutory Mortality Committees This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that legislative change is not required to put in place the procedures and administrative arrangements described within the recommendation. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements of the Health Act 1911 . Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that in practical terms, the Statutory Mortality Committees are employing definitions that are consistent with national uniform classification systems in fulfilling their reporting and other obligations under the Health Act 1911. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that the observance and enforcement of statutory reporting obligations and the putting in place of administrative arrangements to ensure they are observed and enforced are matters of internal organisation and administration. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements, including reporting obligations, of the Health Act 1911 .
The four recommendations are as follows: Rec 2.2 (No. 2) Legislative Framework The Hospitals and Health Services Act and the Public Sector Management Act should be amended to ensure that where an inquiry is conducted under either or both of those Acts - a) witnesses and counsel have the same protections that are available under the Royal Commissions Act; b) those assisting the inquiry (including the inquiry's staff, consultants and those providing information to the inquiry) have clear and adequate statutory protections from personal liability; c) the inquiry has the power to refer any matter arising out of its investigation to a State or Commonwealth authority that has power under a law to investigate or take action in relation to a matter of that kind; d) the inquiry has the power to protect from publication any information given to it in confidence by a person who does not appear as a formal witness, and confidential information and evidence given to or obtained by the inquiry is protected from publication and access after the completion of the inquiry. Rec 11.6.2 (No 166) Statutory Mortality Committees Close attention will need to be given to matters such as - (a) the inclusion or amendment of definitions of maternal, perinatal and infant mortality (and related terms including stillbirths) - particularly having regard to the work that has been done towards the development of a national uniform classification system; (b) the streamlining and integration of requirements and procedures for identifying and reporting deaths, including the removal of inconsistencies within the Health Act and between the Health Act and the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act; (c) the review of the current reporting obligations on doctors and nurses under sections 335 and 336 of the Health Act for the purpose of determining - (i) whether those statutory obligations, and the administrative requirements to give effect to those obligations, can be streamlined having regard not only to the provisions of the Health Act but also to the parallel reporting requirements to the Coroner and the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages; (ii) whether the practical benefits in retaining some or all of the obligations outweigh the administrative burden on doctors and nurses in complying with the obligations; and (iii) whether, in practice, compliance with the obligations can be enforced; (d) whether there should be a power to exclude categories of deaths from those that are to be investigated and, if so, the extent and criteria for the exercise of that power; (e) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure that investigations and reviews are completed in a timely manner; (f) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure that the mortality committees carry out their educative roles, including producing timely reviews, case summaries, recommendations, "constructive comments" and statistical data; (g) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure proper reporting by, and public accountability of, the mortality committees; and (h) the membership, including the leadership, of the mortality committees. Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" The definitions of 'death' and 'stillbirth' under the Health Act are to be broadened so that they are consistent with the definitions adopted by the NHMRC. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses If doctors and nurses are to continue to be subject to statutory reporting obligations, those obligations are to be observed and enforced and administrative arrangements are to be put in place to ensure that they are observed and enforced. (2) Rec 2.2 (No. 2) Legislative Framework This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that existing legislation already provides the protection sought by the Douglas Inquiry and that this demonstrates that no legislative change is required. Rec 11.6.2 (No 166) Statutory Mortality Committees This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that legislative change is not required to put in place the procedures and administrative arrangements described within the recommendation. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements of the Health Act 1911 . Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that in practical terms, the Statutory Mortality Committees are employing definitions that are consistent with national uniform classification systems in fulfilling their reporting and other obligations under the Health Act 1911. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that the observance and enforcement of statutory reporting obligations and the putting in place of administrative arrangements to ensure they are observed and enforced are matters of internal organisation and administration. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements, including reporting obligations, of the Health Act 1911 .
Rec 2.2 (No. 2) Legislative Framework The Hospitals and Health Services Act and the Public Sector Management Act should be amended to ensure that where an inquiry is conducted under either or both of those Acts - a) witnesses and counsel have the same protections that are available under the Royal Commissions Act; b) those assisting the inquiry (including the inquiry's staff, consultants and those providing information to the inquiry) have clear and adequate statutory protections from personal liability; c) the inquiry has the power to refer any matter arising out of its investigation to a State or Commonwealth authority that has power under a law to investigate or take action in relation to a matter of that kind; d) the inquiry has the power to protect from publication any information given to it in confidence by a person who does not appear as a formal witness, and confidential information and evidence given to or obtained by the inquiry is protected from publication and access after the completion of the inquiry. Rec 11.6.2 (No 166) Statutory Mortality Committees Close attention will need to be given to matters such as - (a) the inclusion or amendment of definitions of maternal, perinatal and infant mortality (and related terms including stillbirths) - particularly having regard to the work that has been done towards the development of a national uniform classification system; (b) the streamlining and integration of requirements and procedures for identifying and reporting deaths, including the removal of inconsistencies within the Health Act and between the Health Act and the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act; (c) the review of the current reporting obligations on doctors and nurses under sections 335 and 336 of the Health Act for the purpose of determining - (i) whether those statutory obligations, and the administrative requirements to give effect to those obligations, can be streamlined having regard not only to the provisions of the Health Act but also to the parallel reporting requirements to the Coroner and the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages; (ii) whether the practical benefits in retaining some or all of the obligations outweigh the administrative burden on doctors and nurses in complying with the obligations; and (iii) whether, in practice, compliance with the obligations can be enforced; (d) whether there should be a power to exclude categories of deaths from those that are to be investigated and, if so, the extent and criteria for the exercise of that power; (e) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure that investigations and reviews are completed in a timely manner; (f) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure that the mortality committees carry out their educative roles, including producing timely reviews, case summaries, recommendations, "constructive comments" and statistical data; (g) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure proper reporting by, and public accountability of, the mortality committees; and (h) the membership, including the leadership, of the mortality committees. Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" The definitions of 'death' and 'stillbirth' under the Health Act are to be broadened so that they are consistent with the definitions adopted by the NHMRC. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses If doctors and nurses are to continue to be subject to statutory reporting obligations, those obligations are to be observed and enforced and administrative arrangements are to be put in place to ensure that they are observed and enforced. (2) Rec 2.2 (No. 2) Legislative Framework This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that existing legislation already provides the protection sought by the Douglas Inquiry and that this demonstrates that no legislative change is required. Rec 11.6.2 (No 166) Statutory Mortality Committees This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that legislative change is not required to put in place the procedures and administrative arrangements described within the recommendation. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements of the Health Act 1911 . Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that in practical terms, the Statutory Mortality Committees are employing definitions that are consistent with national uniform classification systems in fulfilling their reporting and other obligations under the Health Act 1911. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that the observance and enforcement of statutory reporting obligations and the putting in place of administrative arrangements to ensure they are observed and enforced are matters of internal organisation and administration. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements, including reporting obligations, of the Health Act 1911 .
Rec 2.2 (No. 2) Legislative Framework The Hospitals and Health Services Act and the Public Sector Management Act should be amended to ensure that where an inquiry is conducted under either or both of those Acts - a) witnesses and counsel have the same protections that are available under the Royal Commissions Act; b) those assisting the inquiry (including the inquiry's staff, consultants and those providing information to the inquiry) have clear and adequate statutory protections from personal liability; c) the inquiry has the power to refer any matter arising out of its investigation to a State or Commonwealth authority that has power under a law to investigate or take action in relation to a matter of that kind; d) the inquiry has the power to protect from publication any information given to it in confidence by a person who does not appear as a formal witness, and confidential information and evidence given to or obtained by the inquiry is protected from publication and access after the completion of the inquiry. Rec 11.6.2 (No 166) Statutory Mortality Committees Close attention will need to be given to matters such as - (a) the inclusion or amendment of definitions of maternal, perinatal and infant mortality (and related terms including stillbirths) - particularly having regard to the work that has been done towards the development of a national uniform classification system; (b) the streamlining and integration of requirements and procedures for identifying and reporting deaths, including the removal of inconsistencies within the Health Act and between the Health Act and the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act; (c) the review of the current reporting obligations on doctors and nurses under sections 335 and 336 of the Health Act for the purpose of determining - (i) whether those statutory obligations, and the administrative requirements to give effect to those obligations, can be streamlined having regard not only to the provisions of the Health Act but also to the parallel reporting requirements to the Coroner and the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages; (ii) whether the practical benefits in retaining some or all of the obligations outweigh the administrative burden on doctors and nurses in complying with the obligations; and (iii) whether, in practice, compliance with the obligations can be enforced; (d) whether there should be a power to exclude categories of deaths from those that are to be investigated and, if so, the extent and criteria for the exercise of that power; (e) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure that investigations and reviews are completed in a timely manner; (f) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure that the mortality committees carry out their educative roles, including producing timely reviews, case summaries, recommendations, "constructive comments" and statistical data; (g) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure proper reporting by, and public accountability of, the mortality committees; and (h) the membership, including the leadership, of the mortality committees. Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" The definitions of 'death' and 'stillbirth' under the Health Act are to be broadened so that they are consistent with the definitions adopted by the NHMRC. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses If doctors and nurses are to continue to be subject to statutory reporting obligations, those obligations are to be observed and enforced and administrative arrangements are to be put in place to ensure that they are observed and enforced. (2) Rec 2.2 (No. 2) Legislative Framework This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that existing legislation already provides the protection sought by the Douglas Inquiry and that this demonstrates that no legislative change is required. Rec 11.6.2 (No 166) Statutory Mortality Committees This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that legislative change is not required to put in place the procedures and administrative arrangements described within the recommendation. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements of the Health Act 1911 . Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that in practical terms, the Statutory Mortality Committees are employing definitions that are consistent with national uniform classification systems in fulfilling their reporting and other obligations under the Health Act 1911. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that the observance and enforcement of statutory reporting obligations and the putting in place of administrative arrangements to ensure they are observed and enforced are matters of internal organisation and administration. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements, including reporting obligations, of the Health Act 1911 .
The Hospitals and Health Services Act and the Public Sector Management Act should be amended to ensure that where an inquiry is conducted under either or both of those Acts - a) witnesses and counsel have the same protections that are available under the Royal Commissions Act; b) those assisting the inquiry (including the inquiry's staff, consultants and those providing information to the inquiry) have clear and adequate statutory protections from personal liability; c) the inquiry has the power to refer any matter arising out of its investigation to a State or Commonwealth authority that has power under a law to investigate or take action in relation to a matter of that kind; d) the inquiry has the power to protect from publication any information given to it in confidence by a person who does not appear as a formal witness, and confidential information and evidence given to or obtained by the inquiry is protected from publication and access after the completion of the inquiry. Rec 11.6.2 (No 166) Statutory Mortality Committees Close attention will need to be given to matters such as - (a) the inclusion or amendment of definitions of maternal, perinatal and infant mortality (and related terms including stillbirths) - particularly having regard to the work that has been done towards the development of a national uniform classification system; (b) the streamlining and integration of requirements and procedures for identifying and reporting deaths, including the removal of inconsistencies within the Health Act and between the Health Act and the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act; (c) the review of the current reporting obligations on doctors and nurses under sections 335 and 336 of the Health Act for the purpose of determining - (i) whether those statutory obligations, and the administrative requirements to give effect to those obligations, can be streamlined having regard not only to the provisions of the Health Act but also to the parallel reporting requirements to the Coroner and the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages; (ii) whether the practical benefits in retaining some or all of the obligations outweigh the administrative burden on doctors and nurses in complying with the obligations; and (iii) whether, in practice, compliance with the obligations can be enforced; (d) whether there should be a power to exclude categories of deaths from those that are to be investigated and, if so, the extent and criteria for the exercise of that power; (e) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure that investigations and reviews are completed in a timely manner; (f) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure that the mortality committees carry out their educative roles, including producing timely reviews, case summaries, recommendations, "constructive comments" and statistical data; (g) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure proper reporting by, and public accountability of, the mortality committees; and (h) the membership, including the leadership, of the mortality committees. Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" The definitions of 'death' and 'stillbirth' under the Health Act are to be broadened so that they are consistent with the definitions adopted by the NHMRC. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses If doctors and nurses are to continue to be subject to statutory reporting obligations, those obligations are to be observed and enforced and administrative arrangements are to be put in place to ensure that they are observed and enforced. (2) Rec 2.2 (No. 2) Legislative Framework This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that existing legislation already provides the protection sought by the Douglas Inquiry and that this demonstrates that no legislative change is required. Rec 11.6.2 (No 166) Statutory Mortality Committees This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that legislative change is not required to put in place the procedures and administrative arrangements described within the recommendation. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements of the Health Act 1911 . Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that in practical terms, the Statutory Mortality Committees are employing definitions that are consistent with national uniform classification systems in fulfilling their reporting and other obligations under the Health Act 1911. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that the observance and enforcement of statutory reporting obligations and the putting in place of administrative arrangements to ensure they are observed and enforced are matters of internal organisation and administration. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements, including reporting obligations, of the Health Act 1911 .
a) witnesses and counsel have the same protections that are available under the Royal Commissions Act; b) those assisting the inquiry (including the inquiry's staff, consultants and those providing information to the inquiry) have clear and adequate statutory protections from personal liability; c) the inquiry has the power to refer any matter arising out of its investigation to a State or Commonwealth authority that has power under a law to investigate or take action in relation to a matter of that kind; d) the inquiry has the power to protect from publication any information given to it in confidence by a person who does not appear as a formal witness, and confidential information and evidence given to or obtained by the inquiry is protected from publication and access after the completion of the inquiry. Rec 11.6.2 (No 166) Statutory Mortality Committees Close attention will need to be given to matters such as - (a) the inclusion or amendment of definitions of maternal, perinatal and infant mortality (and related terms including stillbirths) - particularly having regard to the work that has been done towards the development of a national uniform classification system; (b) the streamlining and integration of requirements and procedures for identifying and reporting deaths, including the removal of inconsistencies within the Health Act and between the Health Act and the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act; (c) the review of the current reporting obligations on doctors and nurses under sections 335 and 336 of the Health Act for the purpose of determining - (i) whether those statutory obligations, and the administrative requirements to give effect to those obligations, can be streamlined having regard not only to the provisions of the Health Act but also to the parallel reporting requirements to the Coroner and the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages; (ii) whether the practical benefits in retaining some or all of the obligations outweigh the administrative burden on doctors and nurses in complying with the obligations; and (iii) whether, in practice, compliance with the obligations can be enforced; (d) whether there should be a power to exclude categories of deaths from those that are to be investigated and, if so, the extent and criteria for the exercise of that power; (e) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure that investigations and reviews are completed in a timely manner; (f) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure that the mortality committees carry out their educative roles, including producing timely reviews, case summaries, recommendations, "constructive comments" and statistical data; (g) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure proper reporting by, and public accountability of, the mortality committees; and (h) the membership, including the leadership, of the mortality committees. Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" The definitions of 'death' and 'stillbirth' under the Health Act are to be broadened so that they are consistent with the definitions adopted by the NHMRC. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses If doctors and nurses are to continue to be subject to statutory reporting obligations, those obligations are to be observed and enforced and administrative arrangements are to be put in place to ensure that they are observed and enforced. (2) Rec 2.2 (No. 2) Legislative Framework This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that existing legislation already provides the protection sought by the Douglas Inquiry and that this demonstrates that no legislative change is required. Rec 11.6.2 (No 166) Statutory Mortality Committees This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that legislative change is not required to put in place the procedures and administrative arrangements described within the recommendation. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements of the Health Act 1911 . Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that in practical terms, the Statutory Mortality Committees are employing definitions that are consistent with national uniform classification systems in fulfilling their reporting and other obligations under the Health Act 1911. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that the observance and enforcement of statutory reporting obligations and the putting in place of administrative arrangements to ensure they are observed and enforced are matters of internal organisation and administration. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements, including reporting obligations, of the Health Act 1911 .
b) those assisting the inquiry (including the inquiry's staff, consultants and those providing information to the inquiry) have clear and adequate statutory protections from personal liability; c) the inquiry has the power to refer any matter arising out of its investigation to a State or Commonwealth authority that has power under a law to investigate or take action in relation to a matter of that kind; d) the inquiry has the power to protect from publication any information given to it in confidence by a person who does not appear as a formal witness, and confidential information and evidence given to or obtained by the inquiry is protected from publication and access after the completion of the inquiry. Rec 11.6.2 (No 166) Statutory Mortality Committees Close attention will need to be given to matters such as - (a) the inclusion or amendment of definitions of maternal, perinatal and infant mortality (and related terms including stillbirths) - particularly having regard to the work that has been done towards the development of a national uniform classification system; (b) the streamlining and integration of requirements and procedures for identifying and reporting deaths, including the removal of inconsistencies within the Health Act and between the Health Act and the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act; (c) the review of the current reporting obligations on doctors and nurses under sections 335 and 336 of the Health Act for the purpose of determining - (i) whether those statutory obligations, and the administrative requirements to give effect to those obligations, can be streamlined having regard not only to the provisions of the Health Act but also to the parallel reporting requirements to the Coroner and the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages; (ii) whether the practical benefits in retaining some or all of the obligations outweigh the administrative burden on doctors and nurses in complying with the obligations; and (iii) whether, in practice, compliance with the obligations can be enforced; (d) whether there should be a power to exclude categories of deaths from those that are to be investigated and, if so, the extent and criteria for the exercise of that power; (e) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure that investigations and reviews are completed in a timely manner; (f) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure that the mortality committees carry out their educative roles, including producing timely reviews, case summaries, recommendations, "constructive comments" and statistical data; (g) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure proper reporting by, and public accountability of, the mortality committees; and (h) the membership, including the leadership, of the mortality committees. Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" The definitions of 'death' and 'stillbirth' under the Health Act are to be broadened so that they are consistent with the definitions adopted by the NHMRC. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses If doctors and nurses are to continue to be subject to statutory reporting obligations, those obligations are to be observed and enforced and administrative arrangements are to be put in place to ensure that they are observed and enforced. (2) Rec 2.2 (No. 2) Legislative Framework This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that existing legislation already provides the protection sought by the Douglas Inquiry and that this demonstrates that no legislative change is required. Rec 11.6.2 (No 166) Statutory Mortality Committees This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that legislative change is not required to put in place the procedures and administrative arrangements described within the recommendation. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements of the Health Act 1911 . Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that in practical terms, the Statutory Mortality Committees are employing definitions that are consistent with national uniform classification systems in fulfilling their reporting and other obligations under the Health Act 1911. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that the observance and enforcement of statutory reporting obligations and the putting in place of administrative arrangements to ensure they are observed and enforced are matters of internal organisation and administration. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements, including reporting obligations, of the Health Act 1911 .
c) the inquiry has the power to refer any matter arising out of its investigation to a State or Commonwealth authority that has power under a law to investigate or take action in relation to a matter of that kind; d) the inquiry has the power to protect from publication any information given to it in confidence by a person who does not appear as a formal witness, and confidential information and evidence given to or obtained by the inquiry is protected from publication and access after the completion of the inquiry. Rec 11.6.2 (No 166) Statutory Mortality Committees Close attention will need to be given to matters such as - (a) the inclusion or amendment of definitions of maternal, perinatal and infant mortality (and related terms including stillbirths) - particularly having regard to the work that has been done towards the development of a national uniform classification system; (b) the streamlining and integration of requirements and procedures for identifying and reporting deaths, including the removal of inconsistencies within the Health Act and between the Health Act and the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act; (c) the review of the current reporting obligations on doctors and nurses under sections 335 and 336 of the Health Act for the purpose of determining - (i) whether those statutory obligations, and the administrative requirements to give effect to those obligations, can be streamlined having regard not only to the provisions of the Health Act but also to the parallel reporting requirements to the Coroner and the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages; (ii) whether the practical benefits in retaining some or all of the obligations outweigh the administrative burden on doctors and nurses in complying with the obligations; and (iii) whether, in practice, compliance with the obligations can be enforced; (d) whether there should be a power to exclude categories of deaths from those that are to be investigated and, if so, the extent and criteria for the exercise of that power; (e) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure that investigations and reviews are completed in a timely manner; (f) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure that the mortality committees carry out their educative roles, including producing timely reviews, case summaries, recommendations, "constructive comments" and statistical data; (g) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure proper reporting by, and public accountability of, the mortality committees; and (h) the membership, including the leadership, of the mortality committees. Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" The definitions of 'death' and 'stillbirth' under the Health Act are to be broadened so that they are consistent with the definitions adopted by the NHMRC. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses If doctors and nurses are to continue to be subject to statutory reporting obligations, those obligations are to be observed and enforced and administrative arrangements are to be put in place to ensure that they are observed and enforced. (2) Rec 2.2 (No. 2) Legislative Framework This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that existing legislation already provides the protection sought by the Douglas Inquiry and that this demonstrates that no legislative change is required. Rec 11.6.2 (No 166) Statutory Mortality Committees This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that legislative change is not required to put in place the procedures and administrative arrangements described within the recommendation. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements of the Health Act 1911 . Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that in practical terms, the Statutory Mortality Committees are employing definitions that are consistent with national uniform classification systems in fulfilling their reporting and other obligations under the Health Act 1911. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that the observance and enforcement of statutory reporting obligations and the putting in place of administrative arrangements to ensure they are observed and enforced are matters of internal organisation and administration. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements, including reporting obligations, of the Health Act 1911 .
d) the inquiry has the power to protect from publication any information given to it in confidence by a person who does not appear as a formal witness, and confidential information and evidence given to or obtained by the inquiry is protected from publication and access after the completion of the inquiry. Rec 11.6.2 (No 166) Statutory Mortality Committees Close attention will need to be given to matters such as - (a) the inclusion or amendment of definitions of maternal, perinatal and infant mortality (and related terms including stillbirths) - particularly having regard to the work that has been done towards the development of a national uniform classification system; (b) the streamlining and integration of requirements and procedures for identifying and reporting deaths, including the removal of inconsistencies within the Health Act and between the Health Act and the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act; (c) the review of the current reporting obligations on doctors and nurses under sections 335 and 336 of the Health Act for the purpose of determining - (i) whether those statutory obligations, and the administrative requirements to give effect to those obligations, can be streamlined having regard not only to the provisions of the Health Act but also to the parallel reporting requirements to the Coroner and the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages; (ii) whether the practical benefits in retaining some or all of the obligations outweigh the administrative burden on doctors and nurses in complying with the obligations; and (iii) whether, in practice, compliance with the obligations can be enforced; (d) whether there should be a power to exclude categories of deaths from those that are to be investigated and, if so, the extent and criteria for the exercise of that power; (e) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure that investigations and reviews are completed in a timely manner; (f) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure that the mortality committees carry out their educative roles, including producing timely reviews, case summaries, recommendations, "constructive comments" and statistical data; (g) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure proper reporting by, and public accountability of, the mortality committees; and (h) the membership, including the leadership, of the mortality committees. Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" The definitions of 'death' and 'stillbirth' under the Health Act are to be broadened so that they are consistent with the definitions adopted by the NHMRC. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses If doctors and nurses are to continue to be subject to statutory reporting obligations, those obligations are to be observed and enforced and administrative arrangements are to be put in place to ensure that they are observed and enforced. (2) Rec 2.2 (No. 2) Legislative Framework This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that existing legislation already provides the protection sought by the Douglas Inquiry and that this demonstrates that no legislative change is required. Rec 11.6.2 (No 166) Statutory Mortality Committees This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that legislative change is not required to put in place the procedures and administrative arrangements described within the recommendation. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements of the Health Act 1911 . Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that in practical terms, the Statutory Mortality Committees are employing definitions that are consistent with national uniform classification systems in fulfilling their reporting and other obligations under the Health Act 1911. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that the observance and enforcement of statutory reporting obligations and the putting in place of administrative arrangements to ensure they are observed and enforced are matters of internal organisation and administration. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements, including reporting obligations, of the Health Act 1911 .
Rec 11.6.2 (No 166) Statutory Mortality Committees Close attention will need to be given to matters such as - (a) the inclusion or amendment of definitions of maternal, perinatal and infant mortality (and related terms including stillbirths) - particularly having regard to the work that has been done towards the development of a national uniform classification system; (b) the streamlining and integration of requirements and procedures for identifying and reporting deaths, including the removal of inconsistencies within the Health Act and between the Health Act and the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act; (c) the review of the current reporting obligations on doctors and nurses under sections 335 and 336 of the Health Act for the purpose of determining - (i) whether those statutory obligations, and the administrative requirements to give effect to those obligations, can be streamlined having regard not only to the provisions of the Health Act but also to the parallel reporting requirements to the Coroner and the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages; (ii) whether the practical benefits in retaining some or all of the obligations outweigh the administrative burden on doctors and nurses in complying with the obligations; and (iii) whether, in practice, compliance with the obligations can be enforced; (d) whether there should be a power to exclude categories of deaths from those that are to be investigated and, if so, the extent and criteria for the exercise of that power; (e) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure that investigations and reviews are completed in a timely manner; (f) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure that the mortality committees carry out their educative roles, including producing timely reviews, case summaries, recommendations, "constructive comments" and statistical data; (g) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure proper reporting by, and public accountability of, the mortality committees; and (h) the membership, including the leadership, of the mortality committees. Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" The definitions of 'death' and 'stillbirth' under the Health Act are to be broadened so that they are consistent with the definitions adopted by the NHMRC. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses If doctors and nurses are to continue to be subject to statutory reporting obligations, those obligations are to be observed and enforced and administrative arrangements are to be put in place to ensure that they are observed and enforced. (2) Rec 2.2 (No. 2) Legislative Framework This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that existing legislation already provides the protection sought by the Douglas Inquiry and that this demonstrates that no legislative change is required. Rec 11.6.2 (No 166) Statutory Mortality Committees This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that legislative change is not required to put in place the procedures and administrative arrangements described within the recommendation. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements of the Health Act 1911 . Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that in practical terms, the Statutory Mortality Committees are employing definitions that are consistent with national uniform classification systems in fulfilling their reporting and other obligations under the Health Act 1911. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that the observance and enforcement of statutory reporting obligations and the putting in place of administrative arrangements to ensure they are observed and enforced are matters of internal organisation and administration. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements, including reporting obligations, of the Health Act 1911 .
Close attention will need to be given to matters such as - (a) the inclusion or amendment of definitions of maternal, perinatal and infant mortality (and related terms including stillbirths) - particularly having regard to the work that has been done towards the development of a national uniform classification system; (b) the streamlining and integration of requirements and procedures for identifying and reporting deaths, including the removal of inconsistencies within the Health Act and between the Health Act and the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act; (c) the review of the current reporting obligations on doctors and nurses under sections 335 and 336 of the Health Act for the purpose of determining - (i) whether those statutory obligations, and the administrative requirements to give effect to those obligations, can be streamlined having regard not only to the provisions of the Health Act but also to the parallel reporting requirements to the Coroner and the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages; (ii) whether the practical benefits in retaining some or all of the obligations outweigh the administrative burden on doctors and nurses in complying with the obligations; and (iii) whether, in practice, compliance with the obligations can be enforced; (d) whether there should be a power to exclude categories of deaths from those that are to be investigated and, if so, the extent and criteria for the exercise of that power; (e) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure that investigations and reviews are completed in a timely manner; (f) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure that the mortality committees carry out their educative roles, including producing timely reviews, case summaries, recommendations, "constructive comments" and statistical data; (g) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure proper reporting by, and public accountability of, the mortality committees; and (h) the membership, including the leadership, of the mortality committees. Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" The definitions of 'death' and 'stillbirth' under the Health Act are to be broadened so that they are consistent with the definitions adopted by the NHMRC. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses If doctors and nurses are to continue to be subject to statutory reporting obligations, those obligations are to be observed and enforced and administrative arrangements are to be put in place to ensure that they are observed and enforced. (2) Rec 2.2 (No. 2) Legislative Framework This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that existing legislation already provides the protection sought by the Douglas Inquiry and that this demonstrates that no legislative change is required. Rec 11.6.2 (No 166) Statutory Mortality Committees This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that legislative change is not required to put in place the procedures and administrative arrangements described within the recommendation. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements of the Health Act 1911 . Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that in practical terms, the Statutory Mortality Committees are employing definitions that are consistent with national uniform classification systems in fulfilling their reporting and other obligations under the Health Act 1911. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that the observance and enforcement of statutory reporting obligations and the putting in place of administrative arrangements to ensure they are observed and enforced are matters of internal organisation and administration. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements, including reporting obligations, of the Health Act 1911 .
(a) the inclusion or amendment of definitions of maternal, perinatal and infant mortality (and related terms including stillbirths) - particularly having regard to the work that has been done towards the development of a national uniform classification system; (b) the streamlining and integration of requirements and procedures for identifying and reporting deaths, including the removal of inconsistencies within the Health Act and between the Health Act and the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act; (c) the review of the current reporting obligations on doctors and nurses under sections 335 and 336 of the Health Act for the purpose of determining - (i) whether those statutory obligations, and the administrative requirements to give effect to those obligations, can be streamlined having regard not only to the provisions of the Health Act but also to the parallel reporting requirements to the Coroner and the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages; (ii) whether the practical benefits in retaining some or all of the obligations outweigh the administrative burden on doctors and nurses in complying with the obligations; and (iii) whether, in practice, compliance with the obligations can be enforced; (d) whether there should be a power to exclude categories of deaths from those that are to be investigated and, if so, the extent and criteria for the exercise of that power; (e) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure that investigations and reviews are completed in a timely manner; (f) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure that the mortality committees carry out their educative roles, including producing timely reviews, case summaries, recommendations, "constructive comments" and statistical data; (g) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure proper reporting by, and public accountability of, the mortality committees; and (h) the membership, including the leadership, of the mortality committees. Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" The definitions of 'death' and 'stillbirth' under the Health Act are to be broadened so that they are consistent with the definitions adopted by the NHMRC. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses If doctors and nurses are to continue to be subject to statutory reporting obligations, those obligations are to be observed and enforced and administrative arrangements are to be put in place to ensure that they are observed and enforced. (2) Rec 2.2 (No. 2) Legislative Framework This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that existing legislation already provides the protection sought by the Douglas Inquiry and that this demonstrates that no legislative change is required. Rec 11.6.2 (No 166) Statutory Mortality Committees This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that legislative change is not required to put in place the procedures and administrative arrangements described within the recommendation. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements of the Health Act 1911 . Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that in practical terms, the Statutory Mortality Committees are employing definitions that are consistent with national uniform classification systems in fulfilling their reporting and other obligations under the Health Act 1911. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that the observance and enforcement of statutory reporting obligations and the putting in place of administrative arrangements to ensure they are observed and enforced are matters of internal organisation and administration. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements, including reporting obligations, of the Health Act 1911 .
(b) the streamlining and integration of requirements and procedures for identifying and reporting deaths, including the removal of inconsistencies within the Health Act and between the Health Act and the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act; (c) the review of the current reporting obligations on doctors and nurses under sections 335 and 336 of the Health Act for the purpose of determining - (i) whether those statutory obligations, and the administrative requirements to give effect to those obligations, can be streamlined having regard not only to the provisions of the Health Act but also to the parallel reporting requirements to the Coroner and the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages; (ii) whether the practical benefits in retaining some or all of the obligations outweigh the administrative burden on doctors and nurses in complying with the obligations; and (iii) whether, in practice, compliance with the obligations can be enforced; (d) whether there should be a power to exclude categories of deaths from those that are to be investigated and, if so, the extent and criteria for the exercise of that power; (e) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure that investigations and reviews are completed in a timely manner; (f) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure that the mortality committees carry out their educative roles, including producing timely reviews, case summaries, recommendations, "constructive comments" and statistical data; (g) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure proper reporting by, and public accountability of, the mortality committees; and (h) the membership, including the leadership, of the mortality committees. Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" The definitions of 'death' and 'stillbirth' under the Health Act are to be broadened so that they are consistent with the definitions adopted by the NHMRC. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses If doctors and nurses are to continue to be subject to statutory reporting obligations, those obligations are to be observed and enforced and administrative arrangements are to be put in place to ensure that they are observed and enforced. (2) Rec 2.2 (No. 2) Legislative Framework This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that existing legislation already provides the protection sought by the Douglas Inquiry and that this demonstrates that no legislative change is required. Rec 11.6.2 (No 166) Statutory Mortality Committees This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that legislative change is not required to put in place the procedures and administrative arrangements described within the recommendation. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements of the Health Act 1911 . Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that in practical terms, the Statutory Mortality Committees are employing definitions that are consistent with national uniform classification systems in fulfilling their reporting and other obligations under the Health Act 1911. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that the observance and enforcement of statutory reporting obligations and the putting in place of administrative arrangements to ensure they are observed and enforced are matters of internal organisation and administration. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements, including reporting obligations, of the Health Act 1911 .
(c) the review of the current reporting obligations on doctors and nurses under sections 335 and 336 of the Health Act for the purpose of determining - (i) whether those statutory obligations, and the administrative requirements to give effect to those obligations, can be streamlined having regard not only to the provisions of the Health Act but also to the parallel reporting requirements to the Coroner and the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages; (ii) whether the practical benefits in retaining some or all of the obligations outweigh the administrative burden on doctors and nurses in complying with the obligations; and (iii) whether, in practice, compliance with the obligations can be enforced; (d) whether there should be a power to exclude categories of deaths from those that are to be investigated and, if so, the extent and criteria for the exercise of that power; (e) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure that investigations and reviews are completed in a timely manner; (f) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure that the mortality committees carry out their educative roles, including producing timely reviews, case summaries, recommendations, "constructive comments" and statistical data; (g) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure proper reporting by, and public accountability of, the mortality committees; and (h) the membership, including the leadership, of the mortality committees. Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" The definitions of 'death' and 'stillbirth' under the Health Act are to be broadened so that they are consistent with the definitions adopted by the NHMRC. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses If doctors and nurses are to continue to be subject to statutory reporting obligations, those obligations are to be observed and enforced and administrative arrangements are to be put in place to ensure that they are observed and enforced. (2) Rec 2.2 (No. 2) Legislative Framework This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that existing legislation already provides the protection sought by the Douglas Inquiry and that this demonstrates that no legislative change is required. Rec 11.6.2 (No 166) Statutory Mortality Committees This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that legislative change is not required to put in place the procedures and administrative arrangements described within the recommendation. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements of the Health Act 1911 . Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that in practical terms, the Statutory Mortality Committees are employing definitions that are consistent with national uniform classification systems in fulfilling their reporting and other obligations under the Health Act 1911. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that the observance and enforcement of statutory reporting obligations and the putting in place of administrative arrangements to ensure they are observed and enforced are matters of internal organisation and administration. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements, including reporting obligations, of the Health Act 1911 .
(i) whether those statutory obligations, and the administrative requirements to give effect to those obligations, can be streamlined having regard not only to the provisions of the Health Act but also to the parallel reporting requirements to the Coroner and the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages; (ii) whether the practical benefits in retaining some or all of the obligations outweigh the administrative burden on doctors and nurses in complying with the obligations; and (iii) whether, in practice, compliance with the obligations can be enforced; (d) whether there should be a power to exclude categories of deaths from those that are to be investigated and, if so, the extent and criteria for the exercise of that power; (e) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure that investigations and reviews are completed in a timely manner; (f) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure that the mortality committees carry out their educative roles, including producing timely reviews, case summaries, recommendations, "constructive comments" and statistical data; (g) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure proper reporting by, and public accountability of, the mortality committees; and (h) the membership, including the leadership, of the mortality committees. Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" The definitions of 'death' and 'stillbirth' under the Health Act are to be broadened so that they are consistent with the definitions adopted by the NHMRC. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses If doctors and nurses are to continue to be subject to statutory reporting obligations, those obligations are to be observed and enforced and administrative arrangements are to be put in place to ensure that they are observed and enforced. (2) Rec 2.2 (No. 2) Legislative Framework This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that existing legislation already provides the protection sought by the Douglas Inquiry and that this demonstrates that no legislative change is required. Rec 11.6.2 (No 166) Statutory Mortality Committees This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that legislative change is not required to put in place the procedures and administrative arrangements described within the recommendation. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements of the Health Act 1911 . Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that in practical terms, the Statutory Mortality Committees are employing definitions that are consistent with national uniform classification systems in fulfilling their reporting and other obligations under the Health Act 1911. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that the observance and enforcement of statutory reporting obligations and the putting in place of administrative arrangements to ensure they are observed and enforced are matters of internal organisation and administration. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements, including reporting obligations, of the Health Act 1911 .
(ii) whether the practical benefits in retaining some or all of the obligations outweigh the administrative burden on doctors and nurses in complying with the obligations; and (iii) whether, in practice, compliance with the obligations can be enforced; (d) whether there should be a power to exclude categories of deaths from those that are to be investigated and, if so, the extent and criteria for the exercise of that power; (e) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure that investigations and reviews are completed in a timely manner; (f) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure that the mortality committees carry out their educative roles, including producing timely reviews, case summaries, recommendations, "constructive comments" and statistical data; (g) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure proper reporting by, and public accountability of, the mortality committees; and (h) the membership, including the leadership, of the mortality committees. Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" The definitions of 'death' and 'stillbirth' under the Health Act are to be broadened so that they are consistent with the definitions adopted by the NHMRC. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses If doctors and nurses are to continue to be subject to statutory reporting obligations, those obligations are to be observed and enforced and administrative arrangements are to be put in place to ensure that they are observed and enforced. (2) Rec 2.2 (No. 2) Legislative Framework This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that existing legislation already provides the protection sought by the Douglas Inquiry and that this demonstrates that no legislative change is required. Rec 11.6.2 (No 166) Statutory Mortality Committees This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that legislative change is not required to put in place the procedures and administrative arrangements described within the recommendation. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements of the Health Act 1911 . Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that in practical terms, the Statutory Mortality Committees are employing definitions that are consistent with national uniform classification systems in fulfilling their reporting and other obligations under the Health Act 1911. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that the observance and enforcement of statutory reporting obligations and the putting in place of administrative arrangements to ensure they are observed and enforced are matters of internal organisation and administration. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements, including reporting obligations, of the Health Act 1911 .
(iii) whether, in practice, compliance with the obligations can be enforced; (d) whether there should be a power to exclude categories of deaths from those that are to be investigated and, if so, the extent and criteria for the exercise of that power; (e) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure that investigations and reviews are completed in a timely manner; (f) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure that the mortality committees carry out their educative roles, including producing timely reviews, case summaries, recommendations, "constructive comments" and statistical data; (g) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure proper reporting by, and public accountability of, the mortality committees; and (h) the membership, including the leadership, of the mortality committees. Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" The definitions of 'death' and 'stillbirth' under the Health Act are to be broadened so that they are consistent with the definitions adopted by the NHMRC. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses If doctors and nurses are to continue to be subject to statutory reporting obligations, those obligations are to be observed and enforced and administrative arrangements are to be put in place to ensure that they are observed and enforced. (2) Rec 2.2 (No. 2) Legislative Framework This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that existing legislation already provides the protection sought by the Douglas Inquiry and that this demonstrates that no legislative change is required. Rec 11.6.2 (No 166) Statutory Mortality Committees This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that legislative change is not required to put in place the procedures and administrative arrangements described within the recommendation. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements of the Health Act 1911 . Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that in practical terms, the Statutory Mortality Committees are employing definitions that are consistent with national uniform classification systems in fulfilling their reporting and other obligations under the Health Act 1911. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that the observance and enforcement of statutory reporting obligations and the putting in place of administrative arrangements to ensure they are observed and enforced are matters of internal organisation and administration. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements, including reporting obligations, of the Health Act 1911 .
(d) whether there should be a power to exclude categories of deaths from those that are to be investigated and, if so, the extent and criteria for the exercise of that power; (e) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure that investigations and reviews are completed in a timely manner; (f) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure that the mortality committees carry out their educative roles, including producing timely reviews, case summaries, recommendations, "constructive comments" and statistical data; (g) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure proper reporting by, and public accountability of, the mortality committees; and (h) the membership, including the leadership, of the mortality committees. Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" The definitions of 'death' and 'stillbirth' under the Health Act are to be broadened so that they are consistent with the definitions adopted by the NHMRC. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses If doctors and nurses are to continue to be subject to statutory reporting obligations, those obligations are to be observed and enforced and administrative arrangements are to be put in place to ensure that they are observed and enforced. (2) Rec 2.2 (No. 2) Legislative Framework This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that existing legislation already provides the protection sought by the Douglas Inquiry and that this demonstrates that no legislative change is required. Rec 11.6.2 (No 166) Statutory Mortality Committees This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that legislative change is not required to put in place the procedures and administrative arrangements described within the recommendation. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements of the Health Act 1911 . Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that in practical terms, the Statutory Mortality Committees are employing definitions that are consistent with national uniform classification systems in fulfilling their reporting and other obligations under the Health Act 1911. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that the observance and enforcement of statutory reporting obligations and the putting in place of administrative arrangements to ensure they are observed and enforced are matters of internal organisation and administration. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements, including reporting obligations, of the Health Act 1911 .
(e) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure that investigations and reviews are completed in a timely manner; (f) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure that the mortality committees carry out their educative roles, including producing timely reviews, case summaries, recommendations, "constructive comments" and statistical data; (g) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure proper reporting by, and public accountability of, the mortality committees; and (h) the membership, including the leadership, of the mortality committees. Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" The definitions of 'death' and 'stillbirth' under the Health Act are to be broadened so that they are consistent with the definitions adopted by the NHMRC. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses If doctors and nurses are to continue to be subject to statutory reporting obligations, those obligations are to be observed and enforced and administrative arrangements are to be put in place to ensure that they are observed and enforced. (2) Rec 2.2 (No. 2) Legislative Framework This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that existing legislation already provides the protection sought by the Douglas Inquiry and that this demonstrates that no legislative change is required. Rec 11.6.2 (No 166) Statutory Mortality Committees This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that legislative change is not required to put in place the procedures and administrative arrangements described within the recommendation. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements of the Health Act 1911 . Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that in practical terms, the Statutory Mortality Committees are employing definitions that are consistent with national uniform classification systems in fulfilling their reporting and other obligations under the Health Act 1911. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that the observance and enforcement of statutory reporting obligations and the putting in place of administrative arrangements to ensure they are observed and enforced are matters of internal organisation and administration. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements, including reporting obligations, of the Health Act 1911 .
(f) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure that the mortality committees carry out their educative roles, including producing timely reviews, case summaries, recommendations, "constructive comments" and statistical data; (g) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure proper reporting by, and public accountability of, the mortality committees; and (h) the membership, including the leadership, of the mortality committees. Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" The definitions of 'death' and 'stillbirth' under the Health Act are to be broadened so that they are consistent with the definitions adopted by the NHMRC. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses If doctors and nurses are to continue to be subject to statutory reporting obligations, those obligations are to be observed and enforced and administrative arrangements are to be put in place to ensure that they are observed and enforced. (2) Rec 2.2 (No. 2) Legislative Framework This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that existing legislation already provides the protection sought by the Douglas Inquiry and that this demonstrates that no legislative change is required. Rec 11.6.2 (No 166) Statutory Mortality Committees This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that legislative change is not required to put in place the procedures and administrative arrangements described within the recommendation. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements of the Health Act 1911 . Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that in practical terms, the Statutory Mortality Committees are employing definitions that are consistent with national uniform classification systems in fulfilling their reporting and other obligations under the Health Act 1911. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that the observance and enforcement of statutory reporting obligations and the putting in place of administrative arrangements to ensure they are observed and enforced are matters of internal organisation and administration. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements, including reporting obligations, of the Health Act 1911 .
(g) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure proper reporting by, and public accountability of, the mortality committees; and (h) the membership, including the leadership, of the mortality committees. Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" The definitions of 'death' and 'stillbirth' under the Health Act are to be broadened so that they are consistent with the definitions adopted by the NHMRC. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses If doctors and nurses are to continue to be subject to statutory reporting obligations, those obligations are to be observed and enforced and administrative arrangements are to be put in place to ensure that they are observed and enforced. (2) Rec 2.2 (No. 2) Legislative Framework This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that existing legislation already provides the protection sought by the Douglas Inquiry and that this demonstrates that no legislative change is required. Rec 11.6.2 (No 166) Statutory Mortality Committees This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that legislative change is not required to put in place the procedures and administrative arrangements described within the recommendation. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements of the Health Act 1911 . Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that in practical terms, the Statutory Mortality Committees are employing definitions that are consistent with national uniform classification systems in fulfilling their reporting and other obligations under the Health Act 1911. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that the observance and enforcement of statutory reporting obligations and the putting in place of administrative arrangements to ensure they are observed and enforced are matters of internal organisation and administration. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements, including reporting obligations, of the Health Act 1911 .
(h) the membership, including the leadership, of the mortality committees. Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" The definitions of 'death' and 'stillbirth' under the Health Act are to be broadened so that they are consistent with the definitions adopted by the NHMRC. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses If doctors and nurses are to continue to be subject to statutory reporting obligations, those obligations are to be observed and enforced and administrative arrangements are to be put in place to ensure that they are observed and enforced. (2) Rec 2.2 (No. 2) Legislative Framework This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that existing legislation already provides the protection sought by the Douglas Inquiry and that this demonstrates that no legislative change is required. Rec 11.6.2 (No 166) Statutory Mortality Committees This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that legislative change is not required to put in place the procedures and administrative arrangements described within the recommendation. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements of the Health Act 1911 . Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that in practical terms, the Statutory Mortality Committees are employing definitions that are consistent with national uniform classification systems in fulfilling their reporting and other obligations under the Health Act 1911. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that the observance and enforcement of statutory reporting obligations and the putting in place of administrative arrangements to ensure they are observed and enforced are matters of internal organisation and administration. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements, including reporting obligations, of the Health Act 1911 .
Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" The definitions of 'death' and 'stillbirth' under the Health Act are to be broadened so that they are consistent with the definitions adopted by the NHMRC. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses If doctors and nurses are to continue to be subject to statutory reporting obligations, those obligations are to be observed and enforced and administrative arrangements are to be put in place to ensure that they are observed and enforced. (2) Rec 2.2 (No. 2) Legislative Framework This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that existing legislation already provides the protection sought by the Douglas Inquiry and that this demonstrates that no legislative change is required. Rec 11.6.2 (No 166) Statutory Mortality Committees This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that legislative change is not required to put in place the procedures and administrative arrangements described within the recommendation. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements of the Health Act 1911 . Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that in practical terms, the Statutory Mortality Committees are employing definitions that are consistent with national uniform classification systems in fulfilling their reporting and other obligations under the Health Act 1911. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that the observance and enforcement of statutory reporting obligations and the putting in place of administrative arrangements to ensure they are observed and enforced are matters of internal organisation and administration. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements, including reporting obligations, of the Health Act 1911 .
Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" The definitions of 'death' and 'stillbirth' under the Health Act are to be broadened so that they are consistent with the definitions adopted by the NHMRC. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses If doctors and nurses are to continue to be subject to statutory reporting obligations, those obligations are to be observed and enforced and administrative arrangements are to be put in place to ensure that they are observed and enforced. (2) Rec 2.2 (No. 2) Legislative Framework This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that existing legislation already provides the protection sought by the Douglas Inquiry and that this demonstrates that no legislative change is required. Rec 11.6.2 (No 166) Statutory Mortality Committees This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that legislative change is not required to put in place the procedures and administrative arrangements described within the recommendation. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements of the Health Act 1911 . Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that in practical terms, the Statutory Mortality Committees are employing definitions that are consistent with national uniform classification systems in fulfilling their reporting and other obligations under the Health Act 1911. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that the observance and enforcement of statutory reporting obligations and the putting in place of administrative arrangements to ensure they are observed and enforced are matters of internal organisation and administration. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements, including reporting obligations, of the Health Act 1911 .
The definitions of 'death' and 'stillbirth' under the Health Act are to be broadened so that they are consistent with the definitions adopted by the NHMRC. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses If doctors and nurses are to continue to be subject to statutory reporting obligations, those obligations are to be observed and enforced and administrative arrangements are to be put in place to ensure that they are observed and enforced. (2) Rec 2.2 (No. 2) Legislative Framework This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that existing legislation already provides the protection sought by the Douglas Inquiry and that this demonstrates that no legislative change is required. Rec 11.6.2 (No 166) Statutory Mortality Committees This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that legislative change is not required to put in place the procedures and administrative arrangements described within the recommendation. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements of the Health Act 1911 . Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that in practical terms, the Statutory Mortality Committees are employing definitions that are consistent with national uniform classification systems in fulfilling their reporting and other obligations under the Health Act 1911. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that the observance and enforcement of statutory reporting obligations and the putting in place of administrative arrangements to ensure they are observed and enforced are matters of internal organisation and administration. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements, including reporting obligations, of the Health Act 1911 .
Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses If doctors and nurses are to continue to be subject to statutory reporting obligations, those obligations are to be observed and enforced and administrative arrangements are to be put in place to ensure that they are observed and enforced. (2) Rec 2.2 (No. 2) Legislative Framework This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that existing legislation already provides the protection sought by the Douglas Inquiry and that this demonstrates that no legislative change is required. Rec 11.6.2 (No 166) Statutory Mortality Committees This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that legislative change is not required to put in place the procedures and administrative arrangements described within the recommendation. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements of the Health Act 1911 . Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that in practical terms, the Statutory Mortality Committees are employing definitions that are consistent with national uniform classification systems in fulfilling their reporting and other obligations under the Health Act 1911. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that the observance and enforcement of statutory reporting obligations and the putting in place of administrative arrangements to ensure they are observed and enforced are matters of internal organisation and administration. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements, including reporting obligations, of the Health Act 1911 .
Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses If doctors and nurses are to continue to be subject to statutory reporting obligations, those obligations are to be observed and enforced and administrative arrangements are to be put in place to ensure that they are observed and enforced. (2) Rec 2.2 (No. 2) Legislative Framework This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that existing legislation already provides the protection sought by the Douglas Inquiry and that this demonstrates that no legislative change is required. Rec 11.6.2 (No 166) Statutory Mortality Committees This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that legislative change is not required to put in place the procedures and administrative arrangements described within the recommendation. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements of the Health Act 1911 . Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that in practical terms, the Statutory Mortality Committees are employing definitions that are consistent with national uniform classification systems in fulfilling their reporting and other obligations under the Health Act 1911. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that the observance and enforcement of statutory reporting obligations and the putting in place of administrative arrangements to ensure they are observed and enforced are matters of internal organisation and administration. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements, including reporting obligations, of the Health Act 1911 .
If doctors and nurses are to continue to be subject to statutory reporting obligations, those obligations are to be observed and enforced and administrative arrangements are to be put in place to ensure that they are observed and enforced. (2) Rec 2.2 (No. 2) Legislative Framework This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that existing legislation already provides the protection sought by the Douglas Inquiry and that this demonstrates that no legislative change is required. Rec 11.6.2 (No 166) Statutory Mortality Committees This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that legislative change is not required to put in place the procedures and administrative arrangements described within the recommendation. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements of the Health Act 1911 . Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that in practical terms, the Statutory Mortality Committees are employing definitions that are consistent with national uniform classification systems in fulfilling their reporting and other obligations under the Health Act 1911. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that the observance and enforcement of statutory reporting obligations and the putting in place of administrative arrangements to ensure they are observed and enforced are matters of internal organisation and administration. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements, including reporting obligations, of the Health Act 1911 .
(2) Rec 2.2 (No. 2) Legislative Framework This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that existing legislation already provides the protection sought by the Douglas Inquiry and that this demonstrates that no legislative change is required. Rec 11.6.2 (No 166) Statutory Mortality Committees This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that legislative change is not required to put in place the procedures and administrative arrangements described within the recommendation. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements of the Health Act 1911 . Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that in practical terms, the Statutory Mortality Committees are employing definitions that are consistent with national uniform classification systems in fulfilling their reporting and other obligations under the Health Act 1911. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that the observance and enforcement of statutory reporting obligations and the putting in place of administrative arrangements to ensure they are observed and enforced are matters of internal organisation and administration. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements, including reporting obligations, of the Health Act 1911 .
(2) Rec 2.2 (No. 2) Legislative Framework This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that existing legislation already provides the protection sought by the Douglas Inquiry and that this demonstrates that no legislative change is required. Rec 11.6.2 (No 166) Statutory Mortality Committees This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that legislative change is not required to put in place the procedures and administrative arrangements described within the recommendation. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements of the Health Act 1911 . Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that in practical terms, the Statutory Mortality Committees are employing definitions that are consistent with national uniform classification systems in fulfilling their reporting and other obligations under the Health Act 1911. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that the observance and enforcement of statutory reporting obligations and the putting in place of administrative arrangements to ensure they are observed and enforced are matters of internal organisation and administration. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements, including reporting obligations, of the Health Act 1911 .
This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that existing legislation already provides the protection sought by the Douglas Inquiry and that this demonstrates that no legislative change is required. Rec 11.6.2 (No 166) Statutory Mortality Committees This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that legislative change is not required to put in place the procedures and administrative arrangements described within the recommendation. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements of the Health Act 1911 . Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that in practical terms, the Statutory Mortality Committees are employing definitions that are consistent with national uniform classification systems in fulfilling their reporting and other obligations under the Health Act 1911. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that the observance and enforcement of statutory reporting obligations and the putting in place of administrative arrangements to ensure they are observed and enforced are matters of internal organisation and administration. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements, including reporting obligations, of the Health Act 1911 .
Rec 11.6.2 (No 166) Statutory Mortality Committees This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that legislative change is not required to put in place the procedures and administrative arrangements described within the recommendation. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements of the Health Act 1911 . Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that in practical terms, the Statutory Mortality Committees are employing definitions that are consistent with national uniform classification systems in fulfilling their reporting and other obligations under the Health Act 1911. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that the observance and enforcement of statutory reporting obligations and the putting in place of administrative arrangements to ensure they are observed and enforced are matters of internal organisation and administration. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements, including reporting obligations, of the Health Act 1911 .
This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that legislative change is not required to put in place the procedures and administrative arrangements described within the recommendation. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements of the Health Act 1911 . Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that in practical terms, the Statutory Mortality Committees are employing definitions that are consistent with national uniform classification systems in fulfilling their reporting and other obligations under the Health Act 1911. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that the observance and enforcement of statutory reporting obligations and the putting in place of administrative arrangements to ensure they are observed and enforced are matters of internal organisation and administration. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements, including reporting obligations, of the Health Act 1911 .
The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements of the Health Act 1911 . Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that in practical terms, the Statutory Mortality Committees are employing definitions that are consistent with national uniform classification systems in fulfilling their reporting and other obligations under the Health Act 1911. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that the observance and enforcement of statutory reporting obligations and the putting in place of administrative arrangements to ensure they are observed and enforced are matters of internal organisation and administration. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements, including reporting obligations, of the Health Act 1911 .
Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that in practical terms, the Statutory Mortality Committees are employing definitions that are consistent with national uniform classification systems in fulfilling their reporting and other obligations under the Health Act 1911. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that the observance and enforcement of statutory reporting obligations and the putting in place of administrative arrangements to ensure they are observed and enforced are matters of internal organisation and administration. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements, including reporting obligations, of the Health Act 1911 .
This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that in practical terms, the Statutory Mortality Committees are employing definitions that are consistent with national uniform classification systems in fulfilling their reporting and other obligations under the Health Act 1911. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that the observance and enforcement of statutory reporting obligations and the putting in place of administrative arrangements to ensure they are observed and enforced are matters of internal organisation and administration. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements, including reporting obligations, of the Health Act 1911 .
The Solicitor General is of the opinion that in practical terms, the Statutory Mortality Committees are employing definitions that are consistent with national uniform classification systems in fulfilling their reporting and other obligations under the Health Act 1911. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that the observance and enforcement of statutory reporting obligations and the putting in place of administrative arrangements to ensure they are observed and enforced are matters of internal organisation and administration. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements, including reporting obligations, of the Health Act 1911 .
Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that the observance and enforcement of statutory reporting obligations and the putting in place of administrative arrangements to ensure they are observed and enforced are matters of internal organisation and administration. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements, including reporting obligations, of the Health Act 1911 .
This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that the observance and enforcement of statutory reporting obligations and the putting in place of administrative arrangements to ensure they are observed and enforced are matters of internal organisation and administration. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements, including reporting obligations, of the Health Act 1911 .
The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements, including reporting obligations, of the Health Act 1911 .
The four recommendations are as follows: Rec 2.2 (No. 2) Legislative Framework The Hospitals and Health Services Act and the Public Sector Management Act should be amended to ensure that where an inquiry is conducted under either or both of those Acts - a) witnesses and counsel have the same protections that are available under the Royal Commissions Act; b) those assisting the inquiry (including the inquiry's staff, consultants and those providing information to the inquiry) have clear and adequate statutory protections from personal liability; c) the inquiry has the power to refer any matter arising out of its investigation to a State or Commonwealth authority that has power under a law to investigate or take action in relation to a matter of that kind; d) the inquiry has the power to protect from publication any information given to it in confidence by a person who does not appear as a formal witness, and confidential information and evidence given to or obtained by the inquiry is protected from publication and access after the completion of the inquiry. Rec 11.6.2 (No 166) Statutory Mortality Committees Close attention will need to be given to matters such as - (a) the inclusion or amendment of definitions of maternal, perinatal and infant mortality (and related terms including stillbirths) - particularly having regard to the work that has been done towards the development of a national uniform classification system; (b) the streamlining and integration of requirements and procedures for identifying and reporting deaths, including the removal of inconsistencies within the Health Act and between the Health Act and the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act; (c) the review of the current reporting obligations on doctors and nurses under sections 335 and 336 of the Health Act for the purpose of determining - (i) whether those statutory obligations, and the administrative requirements to give effect to those obligations, can be streamlined having regard not only to the provisions of the Health Act but also to the parallel reporting requirements to the Coroner and the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages; (ii) whether the practical benefits in retaining some or all of the obligations outweigh the administrative burden on doctors and nurses in complying with the obligations; and (iii) whether, in practice, compliance with the obligations can be enforced; (d) whether there should be a power to exclude categories of deaths from those that are to be investigated and, if so, the extent and criteria for the exercise of that power; (e) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure that investigations and reviews are completed in a timely manner; (f) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure that the mortality committees carry out their educative roles, including producing timely reviews, case summaries, recommendations, "constructive comments" and statistical data; (g) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure proper reporting by, and public accountability of, the mortality committees; and (h) the membership, including the leadership, of the mortality committees. Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" The definitions of 'death' and 'stillbirth' under the Health Act are to be broadened so that they are consistent with the definitions adopted by the NHMRC. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses If doctors and nurses are to continue to be subject to statutory reporting obligations, those obligations are to be observed and enforced and administrative arrangements are to be put in place to ensure that they are observed and enforced. (2) Rec 2.2 (No. 2) Legislative Framework This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that existing legislation already provides the protection sought by the Douglas Inquiry and that this demonstrates that no legislative change is required. Rec 11.6.2 (No 166) Statutory Mortality Committees This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that legislative change is not required to put in place the procedures and administrative arrangements described within the recommendation. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements of the Health Act 1911 . Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that in practical terms, the Statutory Mortality Committees are employing definitions that are consistent with national uniform classification systems in fulfilling their reporting and other obligations under the Health Act 1911. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that the observance and enforcement of statutory reporting obligations and the putting in place of administrative arrangements to ensure they are observed and enforced are matters of internal organisation and administration. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements, including reporting obligations, of the Health Act 1911 .
Rec 2.2 (No. 2) Legislative Framework The Hospitals and Health Services Act and the Public Sector Management Act should be amended to ensure that where an inquiry is conducted under either or both of those Acts - a) witnesses and counsel have the same protections that are available under the Royal Commissions Act; b) those assisting the inquiry (including the inquiry's staff, consultants and those providing information to the inquiry) have clear and adequate statutory protections from personal liability; c) the inquiry has the power to refer any matter arising out of its investigation to a State or Commonwealth authority that has power under a law to investigate or take action in relation to a matter of that kind; d) the inquiry has the power to protect from publication any information given to it in confidence by a person who does not appear as a formal witness, and confidential information and evidence given to or obtained by the inquiry is protected from publication and access after the completion of the inquiry. Rec 11.6.2 (No 166) Statutory Mortality Committees Close attention will need to be given to matters such as - (a) the inclusion or amendment of definitions of maternal, perinatal and infant mortality (and related terms including stillbirths) - particularly having regard to the work that has been done towards the development of a national uniform classification system; (b) the streamlining and integration of requirements and procedures for identifying and reporting deaths, including the removal of inconsistencies within the Health Act and between the Health Act and the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act; (c) the review of the current reporting obligations on doctors and nurses under sections 335 and 336 of the Health Act for the purpose of determining - (i) whether those statutory obligations, and the administrative requirements to give effect to those obligations, can be streamlined having regard not only to the provisions of the Health Act but also to the parallel reporting requirements to the Coroner and the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages; (ii) whether the practical benefits in retaining some or all of the obligations outweigh the administrative burden on doctors and nurses in complying with the obligations; and (iii) whether, in practice, compliance with the obligations can be enforced; (d) whether there should be a power to exclude categories of deaths from those that are to be investigated and, if so, the extent and criteria for the exercise of that power; (e) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure that investigations and reviews are completed in a timely manner; (f) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure that the mortality committees carry out their educative roles, including producing timely reviews, case summaries, recommendations, "constructive comments" and statistical data; (g) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure proper reporting by, and public accountability of, the mortality committees; and (h) the membership, including the leadership, of the mortality committees. Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" The definitions of 'death' and 'stillbirth' under the Health Act are to be broadened so that they are consistent with the definitions adopted by the NHMRC. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses If doctors and nurses are to continue to be subject to statutory reporting obligations, those obligations are to be observed and enforced and administrative arrangements are to be put in place to ensure that they are observed and enforced. (2) Rec 2.2 (No. 2) Legislative Framework This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that existing legislation already provides the protection sought by the Douglas Inquiry and that this demonstrates that no legislative change is required. Rec 11.6.2 (No 166) Statutory Mortality Committees This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that legislative change is not required to put in place the procedures and administrative arrangements described within the recommendation. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements of the Health Act 1911 . Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that in practical terms, the Statutory Mortality Committees are employing definitions that are consistent with national uniform classification systems in fulfilling their reporting and other obligations under the Health Act 1911. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that the observance and enforcement of statutory reporting obligations and the putting in place of administrative arrangements to ensure they are observed and enforced are matters of internal organisation and administration. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements, including reporting obligations, of the Health Act 1911 .
Rec 2.2 (No. 2) Legislative Framework The Hospitals and Health Services Act and the Public Sector Management Act should be amended to ensure that where an inquiry is conducted under either or both of those Acts - a) witnesses and counsel have the same protections that are available under the Royal Commissions Act; b) those assisting the inquiry (including the inquiry's staff, consultants and those providing information to the inquiry) have clear and adequate statutory protections from personal liability; c) the inquiry has the power to refer any matter arising out of its investigation to a State or Commonwealth authority that has power under a law to investigate or take action in relation to a matter of that kind; d) the inquiry has the power to protect from publication any information given to it in confidence by a person who does not appear as a formal witness, and confidential information and evidence given to or obtained by the inquiry is protected from publication and access after the completion of the inquiry. Rec 11.6.2 (No 166) Statutory Mortality Committees Close attention will need to be given to matters such as - (a) the inclusion or amendment of definitions of maternal, perinatal and infant mortality (and related terms including stillbirths) - particularly having regard to the work that has been done towards the development of a national uniform classification system; (b) the streamlining and integration of requirements and procedures for identifying and reporting deaths, including the removal of inconsistencies within the Health Act and between the Health Act and the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act; (c) the review of the current reporting obligations on doctors and nurses under sections 335 and 336 of the Health Act for the purpose of determining - (i) whether those statutory obligations, and the administrative requirements to give effect to those obligations, can be streamlined having regard not only to the provisions of the Health Act but also to the parallel reporting requirements to the Coroner and the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages; (ii) whether the practical benefits in retaining some or all of the obligations outweigh the administrative burden on doctors and nurses in complying with the obligations; and (iii) whether, in practice, compliance with the obligations can be enforced; (d) whether there should be a power to exclude categories of deaths from those that are to be investigated and, if so, the extent and criteria for the exercise of that power; (e) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure that investigations and reviews are completed in a timely manner; (f) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure that the mortality committees carry out their educative roles, including producing timely reviews, case summaries, recommendations, "constructive comments" and statistical data; (g) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure proper reporting by, and public accountability of, the mortality committees; and (h) the membership, including the leadership, of the mortality committees. Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" The definitions of 'death' and 'stillbirth' under the Health Act are to be broadened so that they are consistent with the definitions adopted by the NHMRC. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses If doctors and nurses are to continue to be subject to statutory reporting obligations, those obligations are to be observed and enforced and administrative arrangements are to be put in place to ensure that they are observed and enforced. (2) Rec 2.2 (No. 2) Legislative Framework This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that existing legislation already provides the protection sought by the Douglas Inquiry and that this demonstrates that no legislative change is required. Rec 11.6.2 (No 166) Statutory Mortality Committees This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that legislative change is not required to put in place the procedures and administrative arrangements described within the recommendation. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements of the Health Act 1911 . Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that in practical terms, the Statutory Mortality Committees are employing definitions that are consistent with national uniform classification systems in fulfilling their reporting and other obligations under the Health Act 1911. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that the observance and enforcement of statutory reporting obligations and the putting in place of administrative arrangements to ensure they are observed and enforced are matters of internal organisation and administration. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements, including reporting obligations, of the Health Act 1911 .
The Hospitals and Health Services Act and the Public Sector Management Act should be amended to ensure that where an inquiry is conducted under either or both of those Acts - a) witnesses and counsel have the same protections that are available under the Royal Commissions Act; b) those assisting the inquiry (including the inquiry's staff, consultants and those providing information to the inquiry) have clear and adequate statutory protections from personal liability; c) the inquiry has the power to refer any matter arising out of its investigation to a State or Commonwealth authority that has power under a law to investigate or take action in relation to a matter of that kind; d) the inquiry has the power to protect from publication any information given to it in confidence by a person who does not appear as a formal witness, and confidential information and evidence given to or obtained by the inquiry is protected from publication and access after the completion of the inquiry. Rec 11.6.2 (No 166) Statutory Mortality Committees Close attention will need to be given to matters such as - (a) the inclusion or amendment of definitions of maternal, perinatal and infant mortality (and related terms including stillbirths) - particularly having regard to the work that has been done towards the development of a national uniform classification system; (b) the streamlining and integration of requirements and procedures for identifying and reporting deaths, including the removal of inconsistencies within the Health Act and between the Health Act and the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act; (c) the review of the current reporting obligations on doctors and nurses under sections 335 and 336 of the Health Act for the purpose of determining - (i) whether those statutory obligations, and the administrative requirements to give effect to those obligations, can be streamlined having regard not only to the provisions of the Health Act but also to the parallel reporting requirements to the Coroner and the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages; (ii) whether the practical benefits in retaining some or all of the obligations outweigh the administrative burden on doctors and nurses in complying with the obligations; and (iii) whether, in practice, compliance with the obligations can be enforced; (d) whether there should be a power to exclude categories of deaths from those that are to be investigated and, if so, the extent and criteria for the exercise of that power; (e) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure that investigations and reviews are completed in a timely manner; (f) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure that the mortality committees carry out their educative roles, including producing timely reviews, case summaries, recommendations, "constructive comments" and statistical data; (g) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure proper reporting by, and public accountability of, the mortality committees; and (h) the membership, including the leadership, of the mortality committees. Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" The definitions of 'death' and 'stillbirth' under the Health Act are to be broadened so that they are consistent with the definitions adopted by the NHMRC. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses If doctors and nurses are to continue to be subject to statutory reporting obligations, those obligations are to be observed and enforced and administrative arrangements are to be put in place to ensure that they are observed and enforced. (2) Rec 2.2 (No. 2) Legislative Framework This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that existing legislation already provides the protection sought by the Douglas Inquiry and that this demonstrates that no legislative change is required. Rec 11.6.2 (No 166) Statutory Mortality Committees This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that legislative change is not required to put in place the procedures and administrative arrangements described within the recommendation. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements of the Health Act 1911 . Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that in practical terms, the Statutory Mortality Committees are employing definitions that are consistent with national uniform classification systems in fulfilling their reporting and other obligations under the Health Act 1911. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that the observance and enforcement of statutory reporting obligations and the putting in place of administrative arrangements to ensure they are observed and enforced are matters of internal organisation and administration. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements, including reporting obligations, of the Health Act 1911 .
a) witnesses and counsel have the same protections that are available under the Royal Commissions Act; b) those assisting the inquiry (including the inquiry's staff, consultants and those providing information to the inquiry) have clear and adequate statutory protections from personal liability; c) the inquiry has the power to refer any matter arising out of its investigation to a State or Commonwealth authority that has power under a law to investigate or take action in relation to a matter of that kind; d) the inquiry has the power to protect from publication any information given to it in confidence by a person who does not appear as a formal witness, and confidential information and evidence given to or obtained by the inquiry is protected from publication and access after the completion of the inquiry. Rec 11.6.2 (No 166) Statutory Mortality Committees Close attention will need to be given to matters such as - (a) the inclusion or amendment of definitions of maternal, perinatal and infant mortality (and related terms including stillbirths) - particularly having regard to the work that has been done towards the development of a national uniform classification system; (b) the streamlining and integration of requirements and procedures for identifying and reporting deaths, including the removal of inconsistencies within the Health Act and between the Health Act and the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act; (c) the review of the current reporting obligations on doctors and nurses under sections 335 and 336 of the Health Act for the purpose of determining - (i) whether those statutory obligations, and the administrative requirements to give effect to those obligations, can be streamlined having regard not only to the provisions of the Health Act but also to the parallel reporting requirements to the Coroner and the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages; (ii) whether the practical benefits in retaining some or all of the obligations outweigh the administrative burden on doctors and nurses in complying with the obligations; and (iii) whether, in practice, compliance with the obligations can be enforced; (d) whether there should be a power to exclude categories of deaths from those that are to be investigated and, if so, the extent and criteria for the exercise of that power; (e) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure that investigations and reviews are completed in a timely manner; (f) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure that the mortality committees carry out their educative roles, including producing timely reviews, case summaries, recommendations, "constructive comments" and statistical data; (g) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure proper reporting by, and public accountability of, the mortality committees; and (h) the membership, including the leadership, of the mortality committees. Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" The definitions of 'death' and 'stillbirth' under the Health Act are to be broadened so that they are consistent with the definitions adopted by the NHMRC. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses If doctors and nurses are to continue to be subject to statutory reporting obligations, those obligations are to be observed and enforced and administrative arrangements are to be put in place to ensure that they are observed and enforced. (2) Rec 2.2 (No. 2) Legislative Framework This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that existing legislation already provides the protection sought by the Douglas Inquiry and that this demonstrates that no legislative change is required. Rec 11.6.2 (No 166) Statutory Mortality Committees This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that legislative change is not required to put in place the procedures and administrative arrangements described within the recommendation. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements of the Health Act 1911 . Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that in practical terms, the Statutory Mortality Committees are employing definitions that are consistent with national uniform classification systems in fulfilling their reporting and other obligations under the Health Act 1911. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that the observance and enforcement of statutory reporting obligations and the putting in place of administrative arrangements to ensure they are observed and enforced are matters of internal organisation and administration. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements, including reporting obligations, of the Health Act 1911 .
b) those assisting the inquiry (including the inquiry's staff, consultants and those providing information to the inquiry) have clear and adequate statutory protections from personal liability; c) the inquiry has the power to refer any matter arising out of its investigation to a State or Commonwealth authority that has power under a law to investigate or take action in relation to a matter of that kind; d) the inquiry has the power to protect from publication any information given to it in confidence by a person who does not appear as a formal witness, and confidential information and evidence given to or obtained by the inquiry is protected from publication and access after the completion of the inquiry. Rec 11.6.2 (No 166) Statutory Mortality Committees Close attention will need to be given to matters such as - (a) the inclusion or amendment of definitions of maternal, perinatal and infant mortality (and related terms including stillbirths) - particularly having regard to the work that has been done towards the development of a national uniform classification system; (b) the streamlining and integration of requirements and procedures for identifying and reporting deaths, including the removal of inconsistencies within the Health Act and between the Health Act and the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act; (c) the review of the current reporting obligations on doctors and nurses under sections 335 and 336 of the Health Act for the purpose of determining - (i) whether those statutory obligations, and the administrative requirements to give effect to those obligations, can be streamlined having regard not only to the provisions of the Health Act but also to the parallel reporting requirements to the Coroner and the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages; (ii) whether the practical benefits in retaining some or all of the obligations outweigh the administrative burden on doctors and nurses in complying with the obligations; and (iii) whether, in practice, compliance with the obligations can be enforced; (d) whether there should be a power to exclude categories of deaths from those that are to be investigated and, if so, the extent and criteria for the exercise of that power; (e) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure that investigations and reviews are completed in a timely manner; (f) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure that the mortality committees carry out their educative roles, including producing timely reviews, case summaries, recommendations, "constructive comments" and statistical data; (g) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure proper reporting by, and public accountability of, the mortality committees; and (h) the membership, including the leadership, of the mortality committees. Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" The definitions of 'death' and 'stillbirth' under the Health Act are to be broadened so that they are consistent with the definitions adopted by the NHMRC. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses If doctors and nurses are to continue to be subject to statutory reporting obligations, those obligations are to be observed and enforced and administrative arrangements are to be put in place to ensure that they are observed and enforced. (2) Rec 2.2 (No. 2) Legislative Framework This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that existing legislation already provides the protection sought by the Douglas Inquiry and that this demonstrates that no legislative change is required. Rec 11.6.2 (No 166) Statutory Mortality Committees This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that legislative change is not required to put in place the procedures and administrative arrangements described within the recommendation. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements of the Health Act 1911 . Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that in practical terms, the Statutory Mortality Committees are employing definitions that are consistent with national uniform classification systems in fulfilling their reporting and other obligations under the Health Act 1911. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that the observance and enforcement of statutory reporting obligations and the putting in place of administrative arrangements to ensure they are observed and enforced are matters of internal organisation and administration. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements, including reporting obligations, of the Health Act 1911 .
c) the inquiry has the power to refer any matter arising out of its investigation to a State or Commonwealth authority that has power under a law to investigate or take action in relation to a matter of that kind; d) the inquiry has the power to protect from publication any information given to it in confidence by a person who does not appear as a formal witness, and confidential information and evidence given to or obtained by the inquiry is protected from publication and access after the completion of the inquiry. Rec 11.6.2 (No 166) Statutory Mortality Committees Close attention will need to be given to matters such as - (a) the inclusion or amendment of definitions of maternal, perinatal and infant mortality (and related terms including stillbirths) - particularly having regard to the work that has been done towards the development of a national uniform classification system; (b) the streamlining and integration of requirements and procedures for identifying and reporting deaths, including the removal of inconsistencies within the Health Act and between the Health Act and the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act; (c) the review of the current reporting obligations on doctors and nurses under sections 335 and 336 of the Health Act for the purpose of determining - (i) whether those statutory obligations, and the administrative requirements to give effect to those obligations, can be streamlined having regard not only to the provisions of the Health Act but also to the parallel reporting requirements to the Coroner and the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages; (ii) whether the practical benefits in retaining some or all of the obligations outweigh the administrative burden on doctors and nurses in complying with the obligations; and (iii) whether, in practice, compliance with the obligations can be enforced; (d) whether there should be a power to exclude categories of deaths from those that are to be investigated and, if so, the extent and criteria for the exercise of that power; (e) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure that investigations and reviews are completed in a timely manner; (f) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure that the mortality committees carry out their educative roles, including producing timely reviews, case summaries, recommendations, "constructive comments" and statistical data; (g) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure proper reporting by, and public accountability of, the mortality committees; and (h) the membership, including the leadership, of the mortality committees. Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" The definitions of 'death' and 'stillbirth' under the Health Act are to be broadened so that they are consistent with the definitions adopted by the NHMRC. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses If doctors and nurses are to continue to be subject to statutory reporting obligations, those obligations are to be observed and enforced and administrative arrangements are to be put in place to ensure that they are observed and enforced. (2) Rec 2.2 (No. 2) Legislative Framework This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that existing legislation already provides the protection sought by the Douglas Inquiry and that this demonstrates that no legislative change is required. Rec 11.6.2 (No 166) Statutory Mortality Committees This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that legislative change is not required to put in place the procedures and administrative arrangements described within the recommendation. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements of the Health Act 1911 . Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that in practical terms, the Statutory Mortality Committees are employing definitions that are consistent with national uniform classification systems in fulfilling their reporting and other obligations under the Health Act 1911. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that the observance and enforcement of statutory reporting obligations and the putting in place of administrative arrangements to ensure they are observed and enforced are matters of internal organisation and administration. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements, including reporting obligations, of the Health Act 1911 .
d) the inquiry has the power to protect from publication any information given to it in confidence by a person who does not appear as a formal witness, and confidential information and evidence given to or obtained by the inquiry is protected from publication and access after the completion of the inquiry. Rec 11.6.2 (No 166) Statutory Mortality Committees Close attention will need to be given to matters such as - (a) the inclusion or amendment of definitions of maternal, perinatal and infant mortality (and related terms including stillbirths) - particularly having regard to the work that has been done towards the development of a national uniform classification system; (b) the streamlining and integration of requirements and procedures for identifying and reporting deaths, including the removal of inconsistencies within the Health Act and between the Health Act and the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act; (c) the review of the current reporting obligations on doctors and nurses under sections 335 and 336 of the Health Act for the purpose of determining - (i) whether those statutory obligations, and the administrative requirements to give effect to those obligations, can be streamlined having regard not only to the provisions of the Health Act but also to the parallel reporting requirements to the Coroner and the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages; (ii) whether the practical benefits in retaining some or all of the obligations outweigh the administrative burden on doctors and nurses in complying with the obligations; and (iii) whether, in practice, compliance with the obligations can be enforced; (d) whether there should be a power to exclude categories of deaths from those that are to be investigated and, if so, the extent and criteria for the exercise of that power; (e) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure that investigations and reviews are completed in a timely manner; (f) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure that the mortality committees carry out their educative roles, including producing timely reviews, case summaries, recommendations, "constructive comments" and statistical data; (g) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure proper reporting by, and public accountability of, the mortality committees; and (h) the membership, including the leadership, of the mortality committees. Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" The definitions of 'death' and 'stillbirth' under the Health Act are to be broadened so that they are consistent with the definitions adopted by the NHMRC. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses If doctors and nurses are to continue to be subject to statutory reporting obligations, those obligations are to be observed and enforced and administrative arrangements are to be put in place to ensure that they are observed and enforced. (2) Rec 2.2 (No. 2) Legislative Framework This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that existing legislation already provides the protection sought by the Douglas Inquiry and that this demonstrates that no legislative change is required. Rec 11.6.2 (No 166) Statutory Mortality Committees This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that legislative change is not required to put in place the procedures and administrative arrangements described within the recommendation. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements of the Health Act 1911 . Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that in practical terms, the Statutory Mortality Committees are employing definitions that are consistent with national uniform classification systems in fulfilling their reporting and other obligations under the Health Act 1911. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that the observance and enforcement of statutory reporting obligations and the putting in place of administrative arrangements to ensure they are observed and enforced are matters of internal organisation and administration. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements, including reporting obligations, of the Health Act 1911 .
Rec 11.6.2 (No 166) Statutory Mortality Committees Close attention will need to be given to matters such as - (a) the inclusion or amendment of definitions of maternal, perinatal and infant mortality (and related terms including stillbirths) - particularly having regard to the work that has been done towards the development of a national uniform classification system; (b) the streamlining and integration of requirements and procedures for identifying and reporting deaths, including the removal of inconsistencies within the Health Act and between the Health Act and the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act; (c) the review of the current reporting obligations on doctors and nurses under sections 335 and 336 of the Health Act for the purpose of determining - (i) whether those statutory obligations, and the administrative requirements to give effect to those obligations, can be streamlined having regard not only to the provisions of the Health Act but also to the parallel reporting requirements to the Coroner and the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages; (ii) whether the practical benefits in retaining some or all of the obligations outweigh the administrative burden on doctors and nurses in complying with the obligations; and (iii) whether, in practice, compliance with the obligations can be enforced; (d) whether there should be a power to exclude categories of deaths from those that are to be investigated and, if so, the extent and criteria for the exercise of that power; (e) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure that investigations and reviews are completed in a timely manner; (f) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure that the mortality committees carry out their educative roles, including producing timely reviews, case summaries, recommendations, "constructive comments" and statistical data; (g) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure proper reporting by, and public accountability of, the mortality committees; and (h) the membership, including the leadership, of the mortality committees. Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" The definitions of 'death' and 'stillbirth' under the Health Act are to be broadened so that they are consistent with the definitions adopted by the NHMRC. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses If doctors and nurses are to continue to be subject to statutory reporting obligations, those obligations are to be observed and enforced and administrative arrangements are to be put in place to ensure that they are observed and enforced. (2) Rec 2.2 (No. 2) Legislative Framework This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that existing legislation already provides the protection sought by the Douglas Inquiry and that this demonstrates that no legislative change is required. Rec 11.6.2 (No 166) Statutory Mortality Committees This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that legislative change is not required to put in place the procedures and administrative arrangements described within the recommendation. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements of the Health Act 1911 . Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that in practical terms, the Statutory Mortality Committees are employing definitions that are consistent with national uniform classification systems in fulfilling their reporting and other obligations under the Health Act 1911. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that the observance and enforcement of statutory reporting obligations and the putting in place of administrative arrangements to ensure they are observed and enforced are matters of internal organisation and administration. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements, including reporting obligations, of the Health Act 1911 .
Close attention will need to be given to matters such as - (a) the inclusion or amendment of definitions of maternal, perinatal and infant mortality (and related terms including stillbirths) - particularly having regard to the work that has been done towards the development of a national uniform classification system; (b) the streamlining and integration of requirements and procedures for identifying and reporting deaths, including the removal of inconsistencies within the Health Act and between the Health Act and the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act; (c) the review of the current reporting obligations on doctors and nurses under sections 335 and 336 of the Health Act for the purpose of determining - (i) whether those statutory obligations, and the administrative requirements to give effect to those obligations, can be streamlined having regard not only to the provisions of the Health Act but also to the parallel reporting requirements to the Coroner and the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages; (ii) whether the practical benefits in retaining some or all of the obligations outweigh the administrative burden on doctors and nurses in complying with the obligations; and (iii) whether, in practice, compliance with the obligations can be enforced; (d) whether there should be a power to exclude categories of deaths from those that are to be investigated and, if so, the extent and criteria for the exercise of that power; (e) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure that investigations and reviews are completed in a timely manner; (f) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure that the mortality committees carry out their educative roles, including producing timely reviews, case summaries, recommendations, "constructive comments" and statistical data; (g) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure proper reporting by, and public accountability of, the mortality committees; and (h) the membership, including the leadership, of the mortality committees. Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" The definitions of 'death' and 'stillbirth' under the Health Act are to be broadened so that they are consistent with the definitions adopted by the NHMRC. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses If doctors and nurses are to continue to be subject to statutory reporting obligations, those obligations are to be observed and enforced and administrative arrangements are to be put in place to ensure that they are observed and enforced. (2) Rec 2.2 (No. 2) Legislative Framework This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that existing legislation already provides the protection sought by the Douglas Inquiry and that this demonstrates that no legislative change is required. Rec 11.6.2 (No 166) Statutory Mortality Committees This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that legislative change is not required to put in place the procedures and administrative arrangements described within the recommendation. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements of the Health Act 1911 . Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that in practical terms, the Statutory Mortality Committees are employing definitions that are consistent with national uniform classification systems in fulfilling their reporting and other obligations under the Health Act 1911. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that the observance and enforcement of statutory reporting obligations and the putting in place of administrative arrangements to ensure they are observed and enforced are matters of internal organisation and administration. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements, including reporting obligations, of the Health Act 1911 .
(a) the inclusion or amendment of definitions of maternal, perinatal and infant mortality (and related terms including stillbirths) - particularly having regard to the work that has been done towards the development of a national uniform classification system; (b) the streamlining and integration of requirements and procedures for identifying and reporting deaths, including the removal of inconsistencies within the Health Act and between the Health Act and the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act; (c) the review of the current reporting obligations on doctors and nurses under sections 335 and 336 of the Health Act for the purpose of determining - (i) whether those statutory obligations, and the administrative requirements to give effect to those obligations, can be streamlined having regard not only to the provisions of the Health Act but also to the parallel reporting requirements to the Coroner and the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages; (ii) whether the practical benefits in retaining some or all of the obligations outweigh the administrative burden on doctors and nurses in complying with the obligations; and (iii) whether, in practice, compliance with the obligations can be enforced; (d) whether there should be a power to exclude categories of deaths from those that are to be investigated and, if so, the extent and criteria for the exercise of that power; (e) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure that investigations and reviews are completed in a timely manner; (f) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure that the mortality committees carry out their educative roles, including producing timely reviews, case summaries, recommendations, "constructive comments" and statistical data; (g) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure proper reporting by, and public accountability of, the mortality committees; and (h) the membership, including the leadership, of the mortality committees. Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" The definitions of 'death' and 'stillbirth' under the Health Act are to be broadened so that they are consistent with the definitions adopted by the NHMRC. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses If doctors and nurses are to continue to be subject to statutory reporting obligations, those obligations are to be observed and enforced and administrative arrangements are to be put in place to ensure that they are observed and enforced. (2) Rec 2.2 (No. 2) Legislative Framework This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that existing legislation already provides the protection sought by the Douglas Inquiry and that this demonstrates that no legislative change is required. Rec 11.6.2 (No 166) Statutory Mortality Committees This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that legislative change is not required to put in place the procedures and administrative arrangements described within the recommendation. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements of the Health Act 1911 . Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that in practical terms, the Statutory Mortality Committees are employing definitions that are consistent with national uniform classification systems in fulfilling their reporting and other obligations under the Health Act 1911. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that the observance and enforcement of statutory reporting obligations and the putting in place of administrative arrangements to ensure they are observed and enforced are matters of internal organisation and administration. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements, including reporting obligations, of the Health Act 1911 .
(b) the streamlining and integration of requirements and procedures for identifying and reporting deaths, including the removal of inconsistencies within the Health Act and between the Health Act and the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act; (c) the review of the current reporting obligations on doctors and nurses under sections 335 and 336 of the Health Act for the purpose of determining - (i) whether those statutory obligations, and the administrative requirements to give effect to those obligations, can be streamlined having regard not only to the provisions of the Health Act but also to the parallel reporting requirements to the Coroner and the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages; (ii) whether the practical benefits in retaining some or all of the obligations outweigh the administrative burden on doctors and nurses in complying with the obligations; and (iii) whether, in practice, compliance with the obligations can be enforced; (d) whether there should be a power to exclude categories of deaths from those that are to be investigated and, if so, the extent and criteria for the exercise of that power; (e) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure that investigations and reviews are completed in a timely manner; (f) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure that the mortality committees carry out their educative roles, including producing timely reviews, case summaries, recommendations, "constructive comments" and statistical data; (g) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure proper reporting by, and public accountability of, the mortality committees; and (h) the membership, including the leadership, of the mortality committees. Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" The definitions of 'death' and 'stillbirth' under the Health Act are to be broadened so that they are consistent with the definitions adopted by the NHMRC. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses If doctors and nurses are to continue to be subject to statutory reporting obligations, those obligations are to be observed and enforced and administrative arrangements are to be put in place to ensure that they are observed and enforced. (2) Rec 2.2 (No. 2) Legislative Framework This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that existing legislation already provides the protection sought by the Douglas Inquiry and that this demonstrates that no legislative change is required. Rec 11.6.2 (No 166) Statutory Mortality Committees This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that legislative change is not required to put in place the procedures and administrative arrangements described within the recommendation. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements of the Health Act 1911 . Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that in practical terms, the Statutory Mortality Committees are employing definitions that are consistent with national uniform classification systems in fulfilling their reporting and other obligations under the Health Act 1911. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that the observance and enforcement of statutory reporting obligations and the putting in place of administrative arrangements to ensure they are observed and enforced are matters of internal organisation and administration. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements, including reporting obligations, of the Health Act 1911 .
(c) the review of the current reporting obligations on doctors and nurses under sections 335 and 336 of the Health Act for the purpose of determining - (i) whether those statutory obligations, and the administrative requirements to give effect to those obligations, can be streamlined having regard not only to the provisions of the Health Act but also to the parallel reporting requirements to the Coroner and the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages; (ii) whether the practical benefits in retaining some or all of the obligations outweigh the administrative burden on doctors and nurses in complying with the obligations; and (iii) whether, in practice, compliance with the obligations can be enforced; (d) whether there should be a power to exclude categories of deaths from those that are to be investigated and, if so, the extent and criteria for the exercise of that power; (e) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure that investigations and reviews are completed in a timely manner; (f) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure that the mortality committees carry out their educative roles, including producing timely reviews, case summaries, recommendations, "constructive comments" and statistical data; (g) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure proper reporting by, and public accountability of, the mortality committees; and (h) the membership, including the leadership, of the mortality committees. Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" The definitions of 'death' and 'stillbirth' under the Health Act are to be broadened so that they are consistent with the definitions adopted by the NHMRC. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses If doctors and nurses are to continue to be subject to statutory reporting obligations, those obligations are to be observed and enforced and administrative arrangements are to be put in place to ensure that they are observed and enforced. (2) Rec 2.2 (No. 2) Legislative Framework This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that existing legislation already provides the protection sought by the Douglas Inquiry and that this demonstrates that no legislative change is required. Rec 11.6.2 (No 166) Statutory Mortality Committees This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that legislative change is not required to put in place the procedures and administrative arrangements described within the recommendation. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements of the Health Act 1911 . Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that in practical terms, the Statutory Mortality Committees are employing definitions that are consistent with national uniform classification systems in fulfilling their reporting and other obligations under the Health Act 1911. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that the observance and enforcement of statutory reporting obligations and the putting in place of administrative arrangements to ensure they are observed and enforced are matters of internal organisation and administration. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements, including reporting obligations, of the Health Act 1911 .
(i) whether those statutory obligations, and the administrative requirements to give effect to those obligations, can be streamlined having regard not only to the provisions of the Health Act but also to the parallel reporting requirements to the Coroner and the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages; (ii) whether the practical benefits in retaining some or all of the obligations outweigh the administrative burden on doctors and nurses in complying with the obligations; and (iii) whether, in practice, compliance with the obligations can be enforced; (d) whether there should be a power to exclude categories of deaths from those that are to be investigated and, if so, the extent and criteria for the exercise of that power; (e) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure that investigations and reviews are completed in a timely manner; (f) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure that the mortality committees carry out their educative roles, including producing timely reviews, case summaries, recommendations, "constructive comments" and statistical data; (g) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure proper reporting by, and public accountability of, the mortality committees; and (h) the membership, including the leadership, of the mortality committees. Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" The definitions of 'death' and 'stillbirth' under the Health Act are to be broadened so that they are consistent with the definitions adopted by the NHMRC. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses If doctors and nurses are to continue to be subject to statutory reporting obligations, those obligations are to be observed and enforced and administrative arrangements are to be put in place to ensure that they are observed and enforced. (2) Rec 2.2 (No. 2) Legislative Framework This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that existing legislation already provides the protection sought by the Douglas Inquiry and that this demonstrates that no legislative change is required. Rec 11.6.2 (No 166) Statutory Mortality Committees This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that legislative change is not required to put in place the procedures and administrative arrangements described within the recommendation. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements of the Health Act 1911 . Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that in practical terms, the Statutory Mortality Committees are employing definitions that are consistent with national uniform classification systems in fulfilling their reporting and other obligations under the Health Act 1911. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that the observance and enforcement of statutory reporting obligations and the putting in place of administrative arrangements to ensure they are observed and enforced are matters of internal organisation and administration. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements, including reporting obligations, of the Health Act 1911 .
(ii) whether the practical benefits in retaining some or all of the obligations outweigh the administrative burden on doctors and nurses in complying with the obligations; and (iii) whether, in practice, compliance with the obligations can be enforced; (d) whether there should be a power to exclude categories of deaths from those that are to be investigated and, if so, the extent and criteria for the exercise of that power; (e) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure that investigations and reviews are completed in a timely manner; (f) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure that the mortality committees carry out their educative roles, including producing timely reviews, case summaries, recommendations, "constructive comments" and statistical data; (g) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure proper reporting by, and public accountability of, the mortality committees; and (h) the membership, including the leadership, of the mortality committees. Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" The definitions of 'death' and 'stillbirth' under the Health Act are to be broadened so that they are consistent with the definitions adopted by the NHMRC. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses If doctors and nurses are to continue to be subject to statutory reporting obligations, those obligations are to be observed and enforced and administrative arrangements are to be put in place to ensure that they are observed and enforced. (2) Rec 2.2 (No. 2) Legislative Framework This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that existing legislation already provides the protection sought by the Douglas Inquiry and that this demonstrates that no legislative change is required. Rec 11.6.2 (No 166) Statutory Mortality Committees This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that legislative change is not required to put in place the procedures and administrative arrangements described within the recommendation. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements of the Health Act 1911 . Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that in practical terms, the Statutory Mortality Committees are employing definitions that are consistent with national uniform classification systems in fulfilling their reporting and other obligations under the Health Act 1911. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that the observance and enforcement of statutory reporting obligations and the putting in place of administrative arrangements to ensure they are observed and enforced are matters of internal organisation and administration. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements, including reporting obligations, of the Health Act 1911 .
(iii) whether, in practice, compliance with the obligations can be enforced; (d) whether there should be a power to exclude categories of deaths from those that are to be investigated and, if so, the extent and criteria for the exercise of that power; (e) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure that investigations and reviews are completed in a timely manner; (f) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure that the mortality committees carry out their educative roles, including producing timely reviews, case summaries, recommendations, "constructive comments" and statistical data; (g) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure proper reporting by, and public accountability of, the mortality committees; and (h) the membership, including the leadership, of the mortality committees. Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" The definitions of 'death' and 'stillbirth' under the Health Act are to be broadened so that they are consistent with the definitions adopted by the NHMRC. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses If doctors and nurses are to continue to be subject to statutory reporting obligations, those obligations are to be observed and enforced and administrative arrangements are to be put in place to ensure that they are observed and enforced. (2) Rec 2.2 (No. 2) Legislative Framework This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that existing legislation already provides the protection sought by the Douglas Inquiry and that this demonstrates that no legislative change is required. Rec 11.6.2 (No 166) Statutory Mortality Committees This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that legislative change is not required to put in place the procedures and administrative arrangements described within the recommendation. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements of the Health Act 1911 . Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that in practical terms, the Statutory Mortality Committees are employing definitions that are consistent with national uniform classification systems in fulfilling their reporting and other obligations under the Health Act 1911. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that the observance and enforcement of statutory reporting obligations and the putting in place of administrative arrangements to ensure they are observed and enforced are matters of internal organisation and administration. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements, including reporting obligations, of the Health Act 1911 .
(d) whether there should be a power to exclude categories of deaths from those that are to be investigated and, if so, the extent and criteria for the exercise of that power; (e) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure that investigations and reviews are completed in a timely manner; (f) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure that the mortality committees carry out their educative roles, including producing timely reviews, case summaries, recommendations, "constructive comments" and statistical data; (g) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure proper reporting by, and public accountability of, the mortality committees; and (h) the membership, including the leadership, of the mortality committees. Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" The definitions of 'death' and 'stillbirth' under the Health Act are to be broadened so that they are consistent with the definitions adopted by the NHMRC. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses If doctors and nurses are to continue to be subject to statutory reporting obligations, those obligations are to be observed and enforced and administrative arrangements are to be put in place to ensure that they are observed and enforced. (2) Rec 2.2 (No. 2) Legislative Framework This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that existing legislation already provides the protection sought by the Douglas Inquiry and that this demonstrates that no legislative change is required. Rec 11.6.2 (No 166) Statutory Mortality Committees This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that legislative change is not required to put in place the procedures and administrative arrangements described within the recommendation. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements of the Health Act 1911 . Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that in practical terms, the Statutory Mortality Committees are employing definitions that are consistent with national uniform classification systems in fulfilling their reporting and other obligations under the Health Act 1911. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that the observance and enforcement of statutory reporting obligations and the putting in place of administrative arrangements to ensure they are observed and enforced are matters of internal organisation and administration. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements, including reporting obligations, of the Health Act 1911 .
(e) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure that investigations and reviews are completed in a timely manner; (f) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure that the mortality committees carry out their educative roles, including producing timely reviews, case summaries, recommendations, "constructive comments" and statistical data; (g) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure proper reporting by, and public accountability of, the mortality committees; and (h) the membership, including the leadership, of the mortality committees. Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" The definitions of 'death' and 'stillbirth' under the Health Act are to be broadened so that they are consistent with the definitions adopted by the NHMRC. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses If doctors and nurses are to continue to be subject to statutory reporting obligations, those obligations are to be observed and enforced and administrative arrangements are to be put in place to ensure that they are observed and enforced. (2) Rec 2.2 (No. 2) Legislative Framework This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that existing legislation already provides the protection sought by the Douglas Inquiry and that this demonstrates that no legislative change is required. Rec 11.6.2 (No 166) Statutory Mortality Committees This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that legislative change is not required to put in place the procedures and administrative arrangements described within the recommendation. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements of the Health Act 1911 . Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that in practical terms, the Statutory Mortality Committees are employing definitions that are consistent with national uniform classification systems in fulfilling their reporting and other obligations under the Health Act 1911. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that the observance and enforcement of statutory reporting obligations and the putting in place of administrative arrangements to ensure they are observed and enforced are matters of internal organisation and administration. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements, including reporting obligations, of the Health Act 1911 .
(f) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure that the mortality committees carry out their educative roles, including producing timely reviews, case summaries, recommendations, "constructive comments" and statistical data; (g) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure proper reporting by, and public accountability of, the mortality committees; and (h) the membership, including the leadership, of the mortality committees. Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" The definitions of 'death' and 'stillbirth' under the Health Act are to be broadened so that they are consistent with the definitions adopted by the NHMRC. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses If doctors and nurses are to continue to be subject to statutory reporting obligations, those obligations are to be observed and enforced and administrative arrangements are to be put in place to ensure that they are observed and enforced. (2) Rec 2.2 (No. 2) Legislative Framework This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that existing legislation already provides the protection sought by the Douglas Inquiry and that this demonstrates that no legislative change is required. Rec 11.6.2 (No 166) Statutory Mortality Committees This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that legislative change is not required to put in place the procedures and administrative arrangements described within the recommendation. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements of the Health Act 1911 . Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that in practical terms, the Statutory Mortality Committees are employing definitions that are consistent with national uniform classification systems in fulfilling their reporting and other obligations under the Health Act 1911. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that the observance and enforcement of statutory reporting obligations and the putting in place of administrative arrangements to ensure they are observed and enforced are matters of internal organisation and administration. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements, including reporting obligations, of the Health Act 1911 .
(g) legal and administrative arrangements to ensure proper reporting by, and public accountability of, the mortality committees; and (h) the membership, including the leadership, of the mortality committees. Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" The definitions of 'death' and 'stillbirth' under the Health Act are to be broadened so that they are consistent with the definitions adopted by the NHMRC. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses If doctors and nurses are to continue to be subject to statutory reporting obligations, those obligations are to be observed and enforced and administrative arrangements are to be put in place to ensure that they are observed and enforced. (2) Rec 2.2 (No. 2) Legislative Framework This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that existing legislation already provides the protection sought by the Douglas Inquiry and that this demonstrates that no legislative change is required. Rec 11.6.2 (No 166) Statutory Mortality Committees This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that legislative change is not required to put in place the procedures and administrative arrangements described within the recommendation. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements of the Health Act 1911 . Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that in practical terms, the Statutory Mortality Committees are employing definitions that are consistent with national uniform classification systems in fulfilling their reporting and other obligations under the Health Act 1911. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that the observance and enforcement of statutory reporting obligations and the putting in place of administrative arrangements to ensure they are observed and enforced are matters of internal organisation and administration. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements, including reporting obligations, of the Health Act 1911 .
(h) the membership, including the leadership, of the mortality committees. Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" The definitions of 'death' and 'stillbirth' under the Health Act are to be broadened so that they are consistent with the definitions adopted by the NHMRC. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses If doctors and nurses are to continue to be subject to statutory reporting obligations, those obligations are to be observed and enforced and administrative arrangements are to be put in place to ensure that they are observed and enforced. (2) Rec 2.2 (No. 2) Legislative Framework This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that existing legislation already provides the protection sought by the Douglas Inquiry and that this demonstrates that no legislative change is required. Rec 11.6.2 (No 166) Statutory Mortality Committees This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that legislative change is not required to put in place the procedures and administrative arrangements described within the recommendation. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements of the Health Act 1911 . Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that in practical terms, the Statutory Mortality Committees are employing definitions that are consistent with national uniform classification systems in fulfilling their reporting and other obligations under the Health Act 1911. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that the observance and enforcement of statutory reporting obligations and the putting in place of administrative arrangements to ensure they are observed and enforced are matters of internal organisation and administration. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements, including reporting obligations, of the Health Act 1911 .
Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" The definitions of 'death' and 'stillbirth' under the Health Act are to be broadened so that they are consistent with the definitions adopted by the NHMRC. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses If doctors and nurses are to continue to be subject to statutory reporting obligations, those obligations are to be observed and enforced and administrative arrangements are to be put in place to ensure that they are observed and enforced. (2) Rec 2.2 (No. 2) Legislative Framework This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that existing legislation already provides the protection sought by the Douglas Inquiry and that this demonstrates that no legislative change is required. Rec 11.6.2 (No 166) Statutory Mortality Committees This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that legislative change is not required to put in place the procedures and administrative arrangements described within the recommendation. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements of the Health Act 1911 . Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that in practical terms, the Statutory Mortality Committees are employing definitions that are consistent with national uniform classification systems in fulfilling their reporting and other obligations under the Health Act 1911. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that the observance and enforcement of statutory reporting obligations and the putting in place of administrative arrangements to ensure they are observed and enforced are matters of internal organisation and administration. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements, including reporting obligations, of the Health Act 1911 .
Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" The definitions of 'death' and 'stillbirth' under the Health Act are to be broadened so that they are consistent with the definitions adopted by the NHMRC. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses If doctors and nurses are to continue to be subject to statutory reporting obligations, those obligations are to be observed and enforced and administrative arrangements are to be put in place to ensure that they are observed and enforced. (2) Rec 2.2 (No. 2) Legislative Framework This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that existing legislation already provides the protection sought by the Douglas Inquiry and that this demonstrates that no legislative change is required. Rec 11.6.2 (No 166) Statutory Mortality Committees This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that legislative change is not required to put in place the procedures and administrative arrangements described within the recommendation. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements of the Health Act 1911 . Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that in practical terms, the Statutory Mortality Committees are employing definitions that are consistent with national uniform classification systems in fulfilling their reporting and other obligations under the Health Act 1911. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that the observance and enforcement of statutory reporting obligations and the putting in place of administrative arrangements to ensure they are observed and enforced are matters of internal organisation and administration. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements, including reporting obligations, of the Health Act 1911 .
The definitions of 'death' and 'stillbirth' under the Health Act are to be broadened so that they are consistent with the definitions adopted by the NHMRC. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses If doctors and nurses are to continue to be subject to statutory reporting obligations, those obligations are to be observed and enforced and administrative arrangements are to be put in place to ensure that they are observed and enforced. (2) Rec 2.2 (No. 2) Legislative Framework This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that existing legislation already provides the protection sought by the Douglas Inquiry and that this demonstrates that no legislative change is required. Rec 11.6.2 (No 166) Statutory Mortality Committees This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that legislative change is not required to put in place the procedures and administrative arrangements described within the recommendation. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements of the Health Act 1911 . Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that in practical terms, the Statutory Mortality Committees are employing definitions that are consistent with national uniform classification systems in fulfilling their reporting and other obligations under the Health Act 1911. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that the observance and enforcement of statutory reporting obligations and the putting in place of administrative arrangements to ensure they are observed and enforced are matters of internal organisation and administration. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements, including reporting obligations, of the Health Act 1911 .
Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses If doctors and nurses are to continue to be subject to statutory reporting obligations, those obligations are to be observed and enforced and administrative arrangements are to be put in place to ensure that they are observed and enforced. (2) Rec 2.2 (No. 2) Legislative Framework This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that existing legislation already provides the protection sought by the Douglas Inquiry and that this demonstrates that no legislative change is required. Rec 11.6.2 (No 166) Statutory Mortality Committees This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that legislative change is not required to put in place the procedures and administrative arrangements described within the recommendation. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements of the Health Act 1911 . Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that in practical terms, the Statutory Mortality Committees are employing definitions that are consistent with national uniform classification systems in fulfilling their reporting and other obligations under the Health Act 1911. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that the observance and enforcement of statutory reporting obligations and the putting in place of administrative arrangements to ensure they are observed and enforced are matters of internal organisation and administration. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements, including reporting obligations, of the Health Act 1911 .
Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses If doctors and nurses are to continue to be subject to statutory reporting obligations, those obligations are to be observed and enforced and administrative arrangements are to be put in place to ensure that they are observed and enforced. (2) Rec 2.2 (No. 2) Legislative Framework This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that existing legislation already provides the protection sought by the Douglas Inquiry and that this demonstrates that no legislative change is required. Rec 11.6.2 (No 166) Statutory Mortality Committees This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that legislative change is not required to put in place the procedures and administrative arrangements described within the recommendation. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements of the Health Act 1911 . Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that in practical terms, the Statutory Mortality Committees are employing definitions that are consistent with national uniform classification systems in fulfilling their reporting and other obligations under the Health Act 1911. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that the observance and enforcement of statutory reporting obligations and the putting in place of administrative arrangements to ensure they are observed and enforced are matters of internal organisation and administration. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements, including reporting obligations, of the Health Act 1911 .
If doctors and nurses are to continue to be subject to statutory reporting obligations, those obligations are to be observed and enforced and administrative arrangements are to be put in place to ensure that they are observed and enforced. (2) Rec 2.2 (No. 2) Legislative Framework This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that existing legislation already provides the protection sought by the Douglas Inquiry and that this demonstrates that no legislative change is required. Rec 11.6.2 (No 166) Statutory Mortality Committees This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that legislative change is not required to put in place the procedures and administrative arrangements described within the recommendation. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements of the Health Act 1911 . Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that in practical terms, the Statutory Mortality Committees are employing definitions that are consistent with national uniform classification systems in fulfilling their reporting and other obligations under the Health Act 1911. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that the observance and enforcement of statutory reporting obligations and the putting in place of administrative arrangements to ensure they are observed and enforced are matters of internal organisation and administration. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements, including reporting obligations, of the Health Act 1911 .
(2) Rec 2.2 (No. 2) Legislative Framework This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that existing legislation already provides the protection sought by the Douglas Inquiry and that this demonstrates that no legislative change is required. Rec 11.6.2 (No 166) Statutory Mortality Committees This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that legislative change is not required to put in place the procedures and administrative arrangements described within the recommendation. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements of the Health Act 1911 . Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that in practical terms, the Statutory Mortality Committees are employing definitions that are consistent with national uniform classification systems in fulfilling their reporting and other obligations under the Health Act 1911. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that the observance and enforcement of statutory reporting obligations and the putting in place of administrative arrangements to ensure they are observed and enforced are matters of internal organisation and administration. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements, including reporting obligations, of the Health Act 1911 .
(2) Rec 2.2 (No. 2) Legislative Framework This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that existing legislation already provides the protection sought by the Douglas Inquiry and that this demonstrates that no legislative change is required. Rec 11.6.2 (No 166) Statutory Mortality Committees This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that legislative change is not required to put in place the procedures and administrative arrangements described within the recommendation. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements of the Health Act 1911 . Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that in practical terms, the Statutory Mortality Committees are employing definitions that are consistent with national uniform classification systems in fulfilling their reporting and other obligations under the Health Act 1911. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that the observance and enforcement of statutory reporting obligations and the putting in place of administrative arrangements to ensure they are observed and enforced are matters of internal organisation and administration. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements, including reporting obligations, of the Health Act 1911 .
This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that existing legislation already provides the protection sought by the Douglas Inquiry and that this demonstrates that no legislative change is required. Rec 11.6.2 (No 166) Statutory Mortality Committees This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that legislative change is not required to put in place the procedures and administrative arrangements described within the recommendation. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements of the Health Act 1911 . Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that in practical terms, the Statutory Mortality Committees are employing definitions that are consistent with national uniform classification systems in fulfilling their reporting and other obligations under the Health Act 1911. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that the observance and enforcement of statutory reporting obligations and the putting in place of administrative arrangements to ensure they are observed and enforced are matters of internal organisation and administration. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements, including reporting obligations, of the Health Act 1911 .
Rec 11.6.2 (No 166) Statutory Mortality Committees This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that legislative change is not required to put in place the procedures and administrative arrangements described within the recommendation. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements of the Health Act 1911 . Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that in practical terms, the Statutory Mortality Committees are employing definitions that are consistent with national uniform classification systems in fulfilling their reporting and other obligations under the Health Act 1911. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that the observance and enforcement of statutory reporting obligations and the putting in place of administrative arrangements to ensure they are observed and enforced are matters of internal organisation and administration. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements, including reporting obligations, of the Health Act 1911 .
This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that legislative change is not required to put in place the procedures and administrative arrangements described within the recommendation. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements of the Health Act 1911 . Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that in practical terms, the Statutory Mortality Committees are employing definitions that are consistent with national uniform classification systems in fulfilling their reporting and other obligations under the Health Act 1911. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that the observance and enforcement of statutory reporting obligations and the putting in place of administrative arrangements to ensure they are observed and enforced are matters of internal organisation and administration. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements, including reporting obligations, of the Health Act 1911 .
The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements of the Health Act 1911 . Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that in practical terms, the Statutory Mortality Committees are employing definitions that are consistent with national uniform classification systems in fulfilling their reporting and other obligations under the Health Act 1911. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that the observance and enforcement of statutory reporting obligations and the putting in place of administrative arrangements to ensure they are observed and enforced are matters of internal organisation and administration. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements, including reporting obligations, of the Health Act 1911 .
Rec 11.6.3 (No 166) Health Act definitions of "death" and "stillbirth" This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that in practical terms, the Statutory Mortality Committees are employing definitions that are consistent with national uniform classification systems in fulfilling their reporting and other obligations under the Health Act 1911. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that the observance and enforcement of statutory reporting obligations and the putting in place of administrative arrangements to ensure they are observed and enforced are matters of internal organisation and administration. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements, including reporting obligations, of the Health Act 1911 .
This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that in practical terms, the Statutory Mortality Committees are employing definitions that are consistent with national uniform classification systems in fulfilling their reporting and other obligations under the Health Act 1911. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that the observance and enforcement of statutory reporting obligations and the putting in place of administrative arrangements to ensure they are observed and enforced are matters of internal organisation and administration. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements, including reporting obligations, of the Health Act 1911 .
The Solicitor General is of the opinion that in practical terms, the Statutory Mortality Committees are employing definitions that are consistent with national uniform classification systems in fulfilling their reporting and other obligations under the Health Act 1911. Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that the observance and enforcement of statutory reporting obligations and the putting in place of administrative arrangements to ensure they are observed and enforced are matters of internal organisation and administration. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements, including reporting obligations, of the Health Act 1911 .
Rec 11.6.6 (No 169) Statutory Reporting Obligations for Doctors and Nurses This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that the observance and enforcement of statutory reporting obligations and the putting in place of administrative arrangements to ensure they are observed and enforced are matters of internal organisation and administration. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements, including reporting obligations, of the Health Act 1911 .
This recommendation was referred by the Department of Health to the Solicitor General for advice in 2003. The Solicitor General is of the opinion that the observance and enforcement of statutory reporting obligations and the putting in place of administrative arrangements to ensure they are observed and enforced are matters of internal organisation and administration. The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements, including reporting obligations, of the Health Act 1911 .
The Department of Health has ensured that the Mortality Committees are complying with all of the requirements, including reporting obligations, of the Health Act 1911 .
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