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Private Medical Institutions (Registration) Act (No. 21 of 2006) - Sect 18

Regulations

18.
(1) The Minister may make regulations in respect of all matters required by this Act to be prescribed or in respect of which regulations are authorised to be made.
(2) Without prejudice to the powers conferred by subsection (1), the Minister may on the advice of the Council make regulations in respect of all or any of the following matters:-
(a) the guidelines to be complied with by Provincial Directors of Health Services in the registration or renewal of registration of Private Medical Institutions;
(b) the rates, charges and any other expenses, which shall be recovered or received for any services rendered or performed in terms of the Act;
(c) the layout, construction, illumination, additions and improvements and the maintenance of cleanliness of all the buildings and premises of registered Private Medical Institutions;
(d) the circumstances in which cases of infectious diseases may be admitted for treatment and the precautions to be taken in such event;
(e) the adoption of universally recognized precautions for the prevention and control of infections;
(f) the classification of Private Medical Institutions into categories, depending upon services being rendered or functions discharged by such institutions;
(g) the procedure or practice to be followed in entertaining any complaint against any Private Medical Institution or person attached thereto from any interested or aggrieved person, and the final disposal thereof;
(h) charges for accommodation, drugs and services rendered by Private Medical Institutions ;
(i) the appointment of competent officers to prosecute actions instituted under this Act.
(3) Every regulation made by the Minister shall be published in the Gazette and shall come into operation on the date of such publication, or on such later date as may be specified in the regulation.
(4) Every regulation made by the Minister shall as soon as convenient after its publication in the Gazette be brought before Parliament for approval. Any regulation, which it is not so approved, shall be deemed to be rescinded from the date of it’s disapproval, but without prejudice to anything previously done thereunder.
(5) Notification of the date on which any regulation made by the Minister is so deemed to be rescinded shall be published in the Gazette.

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