7. Kinds of licensed private hospitals
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private hospital
“private hospital” means any premises used or intended to be used for the reception, lodging and treatment and care of persons who require medical treatment or suffer from any disease, and includes a maternity home and a nursing home.
a maternity hospital;
a medical hospital;
a surgical hospital;
a psychiatric hospital;
a convalescent hospital;
a children’s hospital;
a hospital licensed for any 2 or more of the abovementioned purposes;
any other kind of hospital that the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, specify.
Every licence to use any premises as a private hospital must specify the kind of private hospital for which it is issued, and the purposes for which the licensed private hospital may be maintained.
licence
“licence” means a licence issued under this Act to use any premises or conveyance as a private hospital, medical clinic, clinical laboratory or healthcare establishment, and “licensed” is to be construed accordingly;
A licensed private hospital must not be used for any purpose other than the purposes in respect of which the licence is issued, and purposes reasonably incidental thereto.
If a licensed private hospital is used in any manner contrary to subsection (3), the licensee and the person or body responsible for the management of the licensed private hospital shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $20,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both.
The Director may, on an application in writing by a licensee of a private hospital, vary the terms or conditions of the licence, by endorsement on the licence or otherwise in writing, by altering, in the manner that the Director thinks fit, the kind of private hospital for which the licence is in force, or the purpose or purposes for which the licensed private hospital may be maintained.