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Private Healthcare Facilities and Services Act 1998 · Updated to 1 Dec 2015 · Part II · Control of Private Healthcare Facilities and Services

3. Approval and licence

No person shall establish or maintain any of the following private healthcare facilities or services without approval being granted under paragraph 12(a) or operate or provide any of such facilities or services without a licence granted under paragraph 19(a):

(a)

a private hospital;

(b)

a private psychiatric hospital;

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(c)

a private ambulatory care centre;

(d)

a private nursing home;

(e)

a private psychiatric nursing home;

(f)

a private maternity home;

(g)

a private blood bank;

(h)

a private haemodialysis centre;

(i)

a private hospice;

(j)

a private community mental health centre;

(k)

any other private healthcare facility or service or health-related service as the Minister may specify, from time to time, by notification in the Gazette; and

(l)

a private healthcare premises incorporating any two or more of the facilities or services in paragraphs (a) to (k).

Terms defined in s 2

Minister
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“Minister” means the Minister charged with the responsibility for health;
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premises
Defined · s 2
“premises” means any place, building or vehicle, whether permanent or temporary;
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private ambulatory care centre
Defined · s 2
“private ambulatory care centre” means any premises, other than a Government ambulatory care centre, private medical clinic or private dental clinic, primarily used or intended to be used for the purpose of performing any procedure related to the practice of medicine in any of its disciplines or any dental procedure and with continuous relevant private healthcare services including nursing services whenever a patient is in the premises, and in which healthcare, beds or other accommodation for the stay of any one patient for a period of not more than 23 hours is provided and from which patients are either discharged in an ambulatory condition without requiring constant or Private Healthcare Facilities and Services 15 continuous care or supervision and without danger to the continued well-being of the patient or transferred to a hospital;
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private blood bank
Defined · s 2
“private blood bank” means any premises, other than a Government blood bank, used or intended to be used for collecting, screening, processing, storing or distributing natural human blood or blood product;
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private haemodialysis centre
Defined · s 2
“private haemodialysis centre” means an ambulatory care centre, other than a Government haemodialysis centre, providing or intending to provide haemodialysis treatment, any other procedures or forms of treatment for the purification of human blood;
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private healthcare facility
Defined · s 2
“private healthcare facility” means any premises, other than a Government healthcare facility, used or intended to be used for the provision of healthcare services or health-related services, such as a private hospital, hospice, ambulatory care centre, nursing home, maternity home, psychiatric hospital, psychiatric nursing home, community mental health centre, haemodialysis centre, medical clinic, dental clinic and such other healthcare or health-related premises as the Minister may from time to time, by notification in the Gazette, specify;
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private hospice
Defined · s 2
“private hospice” means any premises used or intended to be used exclusively for providing hospice care or palliative care;
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private hospital
Defined · s 2
“private hospital” means any premises, other than a Government hospital or institution, used or intended to be used for the reception, lodging, treatment and care of persons who require medical treatment or suffer from any disease or who require dental treatment that requires hospitalization;
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private maternity home
Defined · s 2
“private maternity home” means any premises, other than a Government maternity home, used or intended to be used for the reception of, and the provision of nursing care and midwifery care for, women in labour or of women immediately after childbirth;
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private nursing home
Defined · s 2
“private nursing home” means any premises, other than a Government nursing home, used or intended to be used for the reception of, and the provision of nursing care for, persons suffering or convalescing from any sickness, injury or infirmity; Private Healthcare Facilities and Services 17
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Report

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Part III

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Part IV

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Part V

Registration of a Private Medical Clinic and a Private Dental Clinic

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Part VI

Responsibilities of a Licensee, Holder of Certificate of Registration and Person in Charge

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Part VII

General Provisions Relating to Approval, Licence and Registration

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Part VIII

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Part IX

Closure of Private Healthcare Facilities or Services

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Part X

Blood Bank

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Part XI

Blood Transfusion Services

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Part XII

Mortality Assessment

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Part XIII

Quality of Healthcare Facilities and Services

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Part XIV

Board of Management and Advisory Committee

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Part XV

Managed Care Organization

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Part XVI

Enforcement

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Part XVII

Power of Minister

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Part XVIII

Miscellaneous

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Part XIX

Saving and Transitional Provisions

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