Private Healthcare Facilities and Services Act 1998 · s 40

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40.
Prohibition on extension and alteration
(1)  No person shall make any structural or functional extension or alteration to any licensed private healthcare facility or service or to any part thereof which affects—
(a) the purpose for which the licensed private healthcare facility was established, maintained, operated or provided;

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(b) any of the terms or conditions of the approval to establish or maintain or licence to operate or provide; or
(c) the standards of the facilities or services provided, unless the prior written approval of the Director General is obtained.
(2)  An application for the extension or alteration under subsection (1)
shall be made to the Director General in the prescribed form and manner and shall be accompanied by the prescribed fee.
(3)  If the Director General considers that an application under subsection (2) relates to proposals for extension or alterations—
(a) that do not relate to or affect the care and safety of patients; or
(b) that are minor in nature, the Director General may waive the fee payable, or refund the fee paid, under subsection (2) in relation to an application for approval of extension or alteration.
(4)  Any person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence.

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s 40Prohibition on extension and alteration

(1)

No person shall make any structural or functional extension or alteration to any licensed private healthcare facility or service or to any part thereof which affects—

(a)

the purpose for which the licensed private healthcare facility was established, maintained, operated or provided;

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(b)

any of the terms or conditions of the approval to establish or maintain or licence to operate or provide; or

(c)

the standards of the facilities or services provided, unless the prior written approval of the Director General is obtained.

(2)

An application for the extension or alteration under subsection (1)

shall be made to the Director General in the prescribed form and manner and shall be accompanied by the prescribed fee.

(3)

If the Director General considers that an application under subsection (2) relates to proposals for extension or alterations—

(a)

that do not relate to or affect the care and safety of patients; or

(b)

that are minor in nature, the Director General may waive the fee payable, or refund the fee paid, under subsection (2) in relation to an application for approval of extension or alteration.

(4)

Any person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence.