Irish Health Services Accreditation Board (Establishment) Order, 2002

• Statutory Instrument No.: 160/2002

The Minister for Health and Children in exercise of the powers conferred on him by Sections 3 to 6 of the Health (Corporate Bodies) Act, 1961 (No. 27 of 1961), (as adapted by the Health (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order ( S.I. No. 308 of 1997 ) hereby orders as follows:- 1. This Order may be cited as the Irish Health Services Accreditation Board (Establishment) Order, 2002. 2. In this Order-
“accreditation” means a process involving measurement of performance against a set of standards pre-determined by the Board;
“the Board” means the Irish Health Services Accreditation Board established by this Order;
“the Chairperson” means the Chairperson for the time being of the Board;
“the Chief Executive” means the chief executive officer appointed by the Board under Article 22;
“member” means a member for the time being of the Board;
“the Minister” means the Minister for Health and Children. 3. (1) A reference in this Order to an Article shall be construed as a reference to an Article appearing in this Order unless it is indicated that a reference to some other provision is intended.
(2) A reference in this Order to a paragraph or sub-paragraph, shall be construed as a reference to a paragraph or sub-paragraph of the provision in which the reference occurs, unless it is indicated that a reference to some other provision is intended.
	THE BOARD	4 (1) A body, to be known as the Irish Health Services Accreditation Board, is hereby established to perform the functions conferred on it by this Order.
(2) The Board shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and an official seal and with power to sue and be sued in its corporate name. 5. (1) The functions of the Board shall be:-
(a) to operate hospital accreditation programmes and to grant accreditation to hospitals meeting standards set or recognised by the Board;
(b) to operate accreditation programmes in respect of such providers of other health services as may, from time to time, be deemed appropriate by the Minister after consultation with the Board, and to grant accreditation to such providers meeting standards set or recognised by the Board;
(c) to operate such other schemes aimed at ensuring quality in the provision of health services as may, from time to time, be deemed appropriate by the Minister after consultation with the Board;
(d) to do such other things as are incidental or conducive to carrying out the functions as set out above.
(2) The Board may promote its functions through the provision of information to the public.
	MEMBERSHIP OF THE BOARD	6. (1) The Board shall consist of eleven members appointed by the Minister.
(2) The Minister shall appoint a Chairperson of the Board.
(3) Of the other members of the Board,
(a) one shall be a nominee of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland;
(b) one shall be a nominee of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland;
(c) one shall be a nominee of the Irish College of General Practitioners;
(d) one shall be a nominee of an Bord Altranais;
(e) one shall be a nominee of the National Standards Authority of Ireland;
(f) one shall be a nominee of the Office for Health Management;
(g) one shall be a person with internationally recognised expertise in the field of quality in health care;
(h) one shall be a person with expertise in any of the areas of finance strategy, business development or marketing;
(i) two shall be members of the general public, who shall not be employed in the health service;
(4) Not less than four members shall be female and not less than four members shall be male.
(5) The members of the Board appointed pursuant to sub-article (3)(g) and (h) shall be appointed in consultation with the Chairperson.
(6) The members of the Board appointed pursuant to sub-article (3)(i) shall be persons nominated for appointment thereto by such body or bodies as the Minister considers to be representative of the general public.
	TERM OF OFFICE	7. The term of office of a member of the Board, including the Chairperson of the Board, shall be such period not exceeding three years as may be specified by the Minister when appointing him or her, and he or she shall hold office for the period for which he or she is appointed, unless he or she dies or resigns by letter addressed to the Minister or ceases to be a member of the Board in accordance with Article 8 of this Order. 8. (1) A member of the Board may resign his or her membership by letter addressed to the Minister and the resignation shall take effect from the date specified therein or upon receipt of the letter by the Minister, whichever is the later.
(2) A member of the Board may at any time be removed from membership of the Board by the Minister if, in the Minister's opinion, the member has become incapable through ill-health of performing his or her functions, or has committed stated misbehaviour, or his or her removal appears to the Minister to be necessary for the effective performance by the Board of its functions, or if the Minister is satisfied that the member has failed to comply with the provisions of Article 24.
(3) If a member of the Board dies, resigns or is removed from office, the Minister may appoint a person to be a member of the Board to fill the casual vacancy so occasioned. The person appointed shall serve for the remainder of the term of office of the member of the Board who occasioned the vacancy.
	VICE-CHAIRPERSON	9. (1) At the first meeting of the Board, the members shall elect, from amongst the members of the Board, a Vice-Chairperson.
(2) At the first meeting of the Board immediately following the termination of a Vice-Chairperson's term of office, the members shall elect a successor to the post of Vice-Chairperson.
	PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD	10. (1) The quorum for a meeting of the Board shall be four.
(2) The Board shall have power to adopt Standing Orders governing the procedures to be followed at its meetings and the performance of its functions generally. 11. The proceedings of the Board shall not be invalidated by any vacancy or vacancies amongst its members, or by any defect in the appointment of the...