Legislation, standards and building codes

Legislation

The Legislative Assembly passed the Private Health Facilities Act 1999 on the 23 November 1999. The main objective of the Act is to provide a framework to protect the health and wellbeing of patients receiving services at private health facilities.

• Private Health Facilities Act 1999
• Private Health Facilities Regulation 2016
• Private Health Facilities (Standards) Notice 2016

Private Health Facilities Standards

• Continuous quality improvement standard (PDF 274 kB)
• Credentials and clinical privileges standard (PDF 157 kB)
• Ethics standard (PDF 183 kB)
• Infection control standard (PDF 88 kB)
• Information management standard (PDF 847 kB)
• Management and staffing standard (PDF 100 kB)
• Minimum patient throughput standard (PDF 44 kB)
• Patient care standard (PDF 614 kB)
• Physical environment standard (PDF 883 kB)
• Specialty health services standard (PDF 80 kB)

Building codes

Queensland development code MP5.5

New building requirements for private health facilities are contained in Part 5.5 of the Queensland Development Code. The purpose of these requirements is to facilitate the safety and care of patients and the safety of staff and the public in private health facilities. The Code addresses the following:

• Access and egress
• Call Systems
• Corridors
• Designated Specialist areas
• Electrical and Fire Requirements
• Safety
• Service and Utility Facilities
• Space allocation
• Staff Stations

Australasian health facility guidelines (HFG)

The Australasian HFGs provide consistent design considerations and planning information for use by industry groups in the planning and designing of health facilities.

Clinical Services Capability Framework (CSCF)

The Clinical Services Capability Framework (CSCF) gives a standard set of minimum capability criteria for service planning and delivery.

Read about the CSCF and find:

• an overview of all the modules
• companion document for private health facilities
• information about templates for defining services to be offered within private health facilities.