2018-06-12 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA   12 JUNE 2018




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SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                    12 JUNE 2018

           ORGANISATIONAL PROCEDURE - ADMINISTRATION ACTION COMPLAINTS PROCESS

           A substantial and specific danger to the health and safety of a person with a disability
           means any substantial and specific danger to the health or safety of a person with a disability.
           Section 11 of The Disability Services Act 2006, defines ‘disability’ as follows:
           (1) A disability is a person’s condition that —
           (a) Is attributable to —
           (i) an intellectual, psychiatric, cognitive, neurological, sensory or physical impairment; or
           (ii) a combination of impairments mentioned in subparagraph (i); and
           (b) Results in —
           (i) a substantial reduction of the person’s capacity for communication, social interaction, learning,
           mobility or self-care or management and
           (ii) The person needing support.
           (2) For subsection (1), the impairment may result from an acquired brain injury.
           (3) The disability must be permanent or likely to be permanent.
           (4) The disability may be, but not need be, of a chronic episodic nature.

            A_  substantial    and _  specific danger to the environment refers to any conduct that is an
            offence, or the contravention of a condition imposed, under Queensland environmental legislation
           Unreasonable complaint conduct is any behaviour by a person because of its nature and/or
           frequency raises substantial health, safety, resource or equity issues for the parties involved.
           Unreasonable persistence, demands, lack of cooperation; arguments and behaviours can be
           considered as unreasonable complaint conduct.

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