Clause 17

by deleting subsection (2) and substituting the following subsections:“(2) Subject to subsection (2B), every licensee that is —

authorised by a licence to provide a licensable healthcare service that is prescribed for the purposes of this section; or

granted approval to provide a specified service that is prescribed for the purposes of this section,must appoint one or more suitably qualified individuals as the licensee’s Clinical Governance Officer or Clinical Governance Officers to be responsible for the clinical and technical matters relating to the prescribed licensable healthcare service or prescribed specified service, as the case may be.(2A) Every Clinical Governance Officer appointed under subsection (2) must perform such functions as may be prescribed in relation to the prescribed licensable healthcare service or prescribed specified service, as the case may be.(2B) A licensee must not appoint an individual as a Clinical Governance Officer unless the Director‑General has given prior written approval for the appointment of the individual.(2C) The Director‑General must not approve the appointment of an individual as a Clinical Governance Officer unless the Director‑General is of the opinion that the individual is a suitable person.”;

by inserting, immediately after the words “possesses the” in subsection (3)(b), the word “qualifications,”;

by deleting subsection (4) and substituting the following subsection:“(4) For the purposes of subsection (3), different qualifications, skills and competencies may be prescribed in respect of different licensable healthcare services or different specified services.”;

by deleting the words “appointments in subsections (1) and (2) (if applicable), and any change in any of the appointments” in subsection (5) and substituting the words “appointment in subsection (1), and any change in the appointment”; and

by inserting, immediately after the words “section 20,” in subsection (9), the words “cancel the Director‑General’s approval referred to in subsection (2B) and”.