42Register of patients

42 Register of patients

(1)  The licensee of an establishment must cause a register of patients to be kept, in a form approved by the Secretary, at the establishment.

(2)  The following particulars are to be entered in the register of patients:

(a) the name, age and residential address of each patient at the establishment;

(b) the date when the patient was received at the establishment;

(c) the date when the patient left the establishment or, in the event of the patient’s death, the date of death;

(d) the name of the medical practitioner attending the patient;

(e) such other particulars as may be prescribed.

(3)  The particulars referred to in subsection (2) are to be entered in the register of patients by the persons, at the time and in the manner, approved by the Secretary for the purposes of this subsection.

(4)  A person must not –

(a) enter in the register of patients any particular that the person knows or has reason to believe to be false or misleading in a material particular; or

(b) wilfully fail to enter in the register of patients any particular which the person is required by subsection (2) to enter.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 20 penalty units.