Compliance Management Policy
MP 0007/16 - Compliance Management Policy (pdf 142KB)
Applicable to: This policy is applicable to all Health Service Providers and their Boards.
Description: Compliance is an outcome of an organisation meeting its obligations and is made sustainable by embedding it in the culture of the organisation and in the behaviour and attitude of people working for it (Australian Standard AS ISO 37301:2023).
Effective compliance and regulatory programs, systems and processes are essential components of good governance and contribute to the achievement of broad public sector and individual agency goals and outcomes.
Compliance obligations can take a number of forms, including:
- acts of Parliament and subsidiary legislation
- Premier’s Circulars
- Public Sector Wages Policy
- Commissioner’s Instructions
- Public Sector Commissioner’s Circulars
- Treasurer’s Instructions
- ·other sector wide policies
- ·other sector wide guidelines
- Policy Frameworks, Policies and minimum standards
- Directives
- Standards
Compliance with this policy is mandatory to enhance governance and ensure that the WA health system compliance obligations are identified and met.
This policy is a mandatory requirement for Health Service Providers under the Risk, Compliance and Audit Policy Framework pursuant to section 26(2)(I) of the Health Services Act 2016.
Date of effect: 01 July 2016
Policy Framework
Risk, Compliance and Audit
Risk-Assessment-Tables-for-the-WA-Health-System (pdf 259KB)