20. The Private Healthcare Facilities and Services Act 1998 provides that no
person shall establish or maintain any of the following private healthcare
facilities or services without approval being granted under section 12(a)
or operate or provide any of such facilities or services without a licence
granted under section 19(a): 24
(a) a private hospital;
(g) a private blood bank;
(b) a private psychiatric hospital;
(h) a private haemodialysis centre;
(c) a private ambulatory care centre; (i) a private hospice;
(d) a private nursing home;
(j) a private community mental
health centre;
(e) a private psychiatric nursing (k) any other private healthcare
home;
facility or service or health-related
service as the Minister may
specify, from time to time, by
notification in the Gazette; and
(f) a private maternity home;
(l) a private healthcare premises
incorporating any two or more
of the facilities or services in
paragraphs (a) to (k)
24 Section 3 of the Private Healthcare Facilities and Services Act 1998 refers to paragraphs 12(a) and 19 (a) when the
proper reference should have been sections 12(a) and 19(a).
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