Agency:
Department of Health and Human Services
Agency Number:
Start Date:
18 Sep 1998
End Date:
31 Jul 2018
Description:
On 18 September 1998, following a change of government, the Department of Community and Health Services was renamed. At the same time the department assumed administrative responsibility for the Tasmanian Fire Service.;; ;;As of 2016-17, the Department had four operational groups: Ambulance Tasmania; Children and Youth Services; Housing, Disability and Community Services and Public Health Services. ;;;;From 1 July 2009 the Department created three health services in the south, north and north-west to manage primary and acute heath service delivery. The Tasmanian Health Organisations Act 2011 established these three services as seperate statutory authorities from the Department known as the Tasmanian Health Organisations (THOs), commencing operation on 1 July 2012.;;;;The Department of Communities was created in July 2018, which incorporated Children and Youth Services and Housing, Disability and Community Services. As a result, the Department of Health and Human Services became the Department of Health.
Information Sources:
Department of Heath and Human Services annual report 2008-09 and 2016-17, Tasmanian Health Organisation South, North and North-West annual reports 2012-13
Legislation Administered:
Statutory Rules 1998 No. 124 pp.1309-1312;;Adoption Act 1988; Alcohol and Drug Dependency Act 1968; Ambulance Service Act 1982; Anatomy Act 1964; Blood Transfusion (Limitation of Liability) Act 1986; Child Protection (International Measures) Act 2003; Children, Young Persons and Their Families (Transitional and Savings Provisions) Act 1998; Children, Young Persons and Their Families Act 1997; Chiropractors and Osteopaths Registration Act 1997; Dental Practitioners Registration Act 2001; Dental Prosthetists Registration Act 1996; Disability Services Act 1992; Fire Damage Relief Act 1967; Fluoridation Act 1968; Food Act 2003; Fox and Dexter Trusts Act 1987; Guide Gogs and Hearing Dogs Act 1967; Health Act 1997; Health Professionals (Special Events Exemption) Act 1998; Health Services Act 1960; HIV/AIDS Preventive Measures Act 1993; Homes Act 1935; Hospitals Act 1918; Human Cloning and Other Prohibited Practices Act 2003; Human Embryonic Research Regulation Act 2003; Human Tissue Act 1985; Medical Practitioners Registration Act 1996; Medical Radiation Science Professionsals Registration Act 2000; Mental Health Act 1996; Nursing Act 1995; Optometrists Registration Act 1994; Pensioners (Heating Allowances) Act 1971; Perinatal Registry Act 1994; Pharmacists Registration Act 2001; Physiotherapists Registration Act 1999; Podiatrists Registration Act 1995; Poisons Act 1971; Psychologists Registration Act 2000;;;Public Helath Act 1997; Radiation Control Act 1977; Radiation Protection Act 2005; Royal Derwent Hospital (Sale of Land) Act 1995; Substandard Housing Control Act 1973; Surrogacy Contracts Act 1993; Therapeutic Goods Act 2001; Youth Justice Act 1997.
Legislation Creating:
Statutory Rules 1998 Number 122.
Controlled Agencies:
Child, Youth and Family Support Division (TA1592) | 18 Sep 1998 | 01 Jul 2002 |
Housing Tasmania (TA1593) | 03 Feb 1993 | 30 Jul 2016 |
Community and Rural Health Division (TA1606) | 18 Sep 1998 | 01 Jul 2002 |
Health Advancement Division (TA1618) | 18 Sep 1998 | 01 Jul 2002 |
Hospitals and Ambulance Services Division (TA1623) | 18 Sep 1998 |
Children and Youth Services (TA1633) | 01 Jul 2002 |
Statewide Forensic Medical Services (TA2168) | 01 Jul 2000 |
Tasmanian Health Organisation - North (TA2170) | 01 Jul 2012 | 01 Jul 2015 |
Tasmanian Health Organisation - South (TA2171) | 01 Jul 2012 | 01 Jul 2015 |
Alcohol and Drug Services (TA2175) | 01 Jan 1968 |
Beaconsfield Multi Purpose Service (TA2172) | 01 Jan 1998 |
Campbell Town Multi-Purpose Service (TA2173) | 01 Jan 1998 |
Board of Management - Royal Derwent Hospital (TA155) | 01 Jul 1968 | 30 Nov 2000 |
Royal Hobart Hospital (TA441) | 01 Jan 1820 |
Launceston General Hospital (TA442) | 01 Jan 1820 |
North West Regional Hospital (TA445) | 01 Dec 1965 |
Huon District Hospital (TA450) | 01 Jan 1948 | 09 Jan 2001 |
New Norfolk District Hospital (TA452) | 01 Jan 1911 |
North Eastern Soldiers Memorial Hospital (TA453) | 19 Feb 1921 |
Ouse District Hospital (TA455) | 01 Jan 1938 | 31 Dec 2006 |
Rosebery District Hospital (TA456) | 14 May 1953 | 31 Dec 1998 |
St Helens District Nursing Hospital (TA457) | 01 Jan 1948 |
St Marys District Hospital (TA458) | 01 Jan 1936 |
West Coast District Hospital (TA463) | 01 Jan 1897 |
Tasmania Fire Service (TA917) | 01 Nov 1979 |
Ashley Home for Boys (TA1706) | 01 Feb 1922 | 31 Dec 1999 |
Commissioner for Children (TA1938) | 05 Nov 1997 |
W P Holman Clinic (TA2026) | 01 Jan 1986 |
Ashley Youth Detention Centre (TA1960) | 01 Jan 1999 |
Statewide Mental Health Services (TA1634) | 01 Jul 2002 |
North-West Regional Hospital (Mersey Campus) (TA1827) | 01 Dec 2004 | 01 Nov 2007 |
Ouse Community Health Centre (TA2174) | 01 Jan 2006 |
Tasmanian Health Organisation - North West (TA2106) | 01 Jul 2012 | 01 Jul 2015 |
Office of the Chief Psychiatrist (TA2137) | 01 Jan 2013 |
Tazreach (TA2182) | 01 Jan 2013 |
Tasmanian Health Service (TA2169) | 01 Jul 2015 |
Housing Disability and Community Services (TA2177) | 01 Jul 2016 | 01 Oct 2022 |
Previous Agencies:
Department of Community and Health Services (TA1012) | 03 Feb 1993 | 18 Sep 1998 |
Related Agencies:
Independent Assessor of the Ombudsmans Review of Claims of Abuse of Children in State Care - Peter Cranswick Qc (TA1746) | 01 Aug 2003 | 30 Jun 2006 |
Subsequent Agencies:
Department of Communities Tasmania (TA2176) | 01 Jul 2018 |
Department of Health (2) (TA2180) | 01 Jul 2018 |
Series Created By Agency:
AD203 General Correspondence Files | 01 Jan 1919 | 31 Dec 2013 |
AG90 Photographs | 01 Jan 1950 | 31 Dec 2002 |
AG86 General Correspondence - North-West | 01 Jan 1955 | 28 Jan 2010 |
AC697 Reports, Plans, Reviews and Other Working Papers | 01 Jan 1958 | 31 Dec 2006 |
AG347 Policy and Procedure Files - South | 30 Mar 1984 | 31 Dec 1999 |
AG91 Policy Files - North-West | 16 Aug 1988 | 08 Jan 2007 |
AG89 Media Releases | 13 Sep 1991 | 23 May 1997 |
AG88 Cabinet Submissions | 30 Jul 2004 | 15 Oct 2004 |