62. Transfusion reactions

Terms defined in this Act

• Committee

  Committee

  Defined · s 64

  “Committee” means a National Mortality Assessment Committee. Establishment of National Mortality Assessment Committee

  Open s 64
• licensee

  licensee

  Defined · s 2

  “licensee” means a person to whom a licence to operate or provide a private healthcare facility or service other than a private medical clinic or private dental clinic granted under paragraph 19(a);

  Open s 2
• person in charge

  person in charge

  Defined · s 2

  “person in charge” means a person possessing such qualification, training and experience as may be prescribed and who shall be responsible for the management and control of the private healthcare facility or service to which a licence or registration relates;

  Open s 2
• premises

  premises

  Defined · s 2

  “premises” means any place, building or vehicle, whether permanent or temporary;

  Open s 2
• private healthcare facility

  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;

  Open s 2
• private hospital

  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;

  Open s 2
• private maternity home

  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;

  Open s 2