Australia National Pathology Standards (First Edition 2027)
Standard 1: Clinical governance – Australia National Pathology Standards (First Edition 2027)

Australia National Pathology Standards (First Edition 2027) 1.02: Designated person: the governing body places delivery of pathology services under the direction and control of an Ahpra-registered medical practitioner residing in Australia with the authority and scope to perform the role, whose responsibilities span the clinical governance framework, supervision delegation, risk management, quality systems, workforce oversight and competence, the test repertoire and methods, test volumes sufficient for competence, referral laboratory suitability and critical result policies

What does 1.02 require?

Operational control of the service rests with a designated person chosen by the governing body: an Australian-resident doctor holding Ahpra registration, with real authority and a scope of practice fit for the job. That person owns eleven things: putting the clinical governance framework into effect; keeping the delegation framework for supervision current and handing out supervision under it; keeping the risk framework current; watching how the safety and quality systems are used; overseeing how well the workforce performs; making sure staff have the skill and experience to run the tests; deciding which tests are offered and by which methods and procedures; checking that throughput is high enough for people to stay competent; judging which referral laboratories are acceptable; and owning the policies for spotting and phoning through critical results.

Maintained by Gerard Blokdyk

What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 2 controls across 2 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

  • 18(1)-(2) Place the premises under the direction, control and supervision of a designated person who holds appropriate qualifications, is competent and has the relevant scope of practice, and who carries responsibility for the premises' compliance with the relevant standards

Every mapping shown was judged rather than inferred from wording similarity, and the ones that failed review are published too. See the coverage reports and what was rejected.

Other controls in Standard 1: Clinical governance – Australia National Pathology Standards (First Edition 2027)

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The graph holds this control, the 2 it maps to, and the evidence behind each claim, over MCP and REST.