Private Healthcare Facilities and Services Act 1998 · s 6

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6.
Approval and licence may be issued to a sole proprietor, partnership or body corporate
(1)  Approval to establish or maintain, or a licence to operate or provide may only be issued to—
(a) a sole proprietor who is a registered medical practitioner;
(b) a partnership which consists of at least one partner who is a registered medical practitioner; or
(c) a body corporate whose board of directors consists of at least one person who is a registered medical practitioner.
(2)  Notwithstanding subsection (1), approval to establish or maintain or a licence to operate or provide a private nursing home may be issued to a registered nurse if contractual arrangements have been made for a registered medical practitioner to visit the patients in such home at such frequency as may be prescribed.
(3)  Notwithstanding subsection (1), approval to establish or maintain or a licence to operate or provide a private maternity home may be issued to a registered midwife if contractual arrangements have been made for a registered medical practitioner to visit the patients in such home at such frequency as may be prescribed.
(4)  Notwithstanding subsection (1), approval to establish or maintain or a licence to operate or provide a private hospice or a private haemodialysis centre, on a voluntary or charitable basis, may be issued to a society registered under the Societies Act 1966 [Act 335].

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s 6Approval and licence may be issued to a sole proprietor, partnership or body corporate

(1)

Approval to establish or maintain, or a licence to operate or provide may only be issued to—

(a)

a sole proprietor who is a registered medical practitioner;

(b)

a partnership which consists of at least one partner who is a registered medical practitioner; or

(c)

a body corporate whose board of directors consists of at least one person who is a registered medical practitioner.

(2)

Notwithstanding subsection (1), approval to establish or maintain or a licence to operate or provide a private nursing home may be issued to a registered nurse if contractual arrangements have been made for a registered medical practitioner to visit the patients in such home at such frequency as may be prescribed.

(3)

Notwithstanding subsection (1), approval to establish or maintain or a licence to operate or provide a private maternity home may be issued to a registered midwife if contractual arrangements have been made for a registered medical practitioner to visit the patients in such home at such frequency as may be prescribed.

(4)

Notwithstanding subsection (1), approval to establish or maintain or a licence to operate or provide a private hospice or a private haemodialysis centre, on a voluntary or charitable basis, may be issued to a society registered under the Societies Act 1966 [Act 335].

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