5Classes of private hospitals and day-procedure centres

5 Classes of private hospitals and day-procedure centres

(1)  For the purposes of section 14 of the Act, the following classes of private hospitals are prescribed:

(a) general (that is, a private hospital used for a purpose other than the purposes of a surgical, maternity, rehabilitation or psychiatric class hospital);

(b) surgical (that is, a private hospital used for the purpose of conducting surgical operations or endoscopic procedures, other than those that would normally be conducted by a medical practitioner in his or her consulting rooms);

(c) maternity (that is, a private hospital used for the purpose of providing maternity services);

(d) rehabilitation (that is, a private hospital used for the purpose of providing long-term or specialised physical rehabilitation);

(e) psychiatric (that is, a private hospital used for the purpose of providing psychiatric care).

(2)  For the purposes of section 14 of the Act, the following classes of day-procedure centres are prescribed:

(a) low-risk (that is, a day-procedure centre that undertakes low-risk surgical treatment that can be safely performed using conscious sedation);

(b) endoscopic (that is, a day-procedure centre used for the purpose of providing endoscopic treatment that involves the administration of a general anaesthetic or intravenous sedative otherwise than for the purpose of conscious sedation);

(c) surgical (that is, a day-procedure centre used for the purpose of providing surgical treatment that involves the administration of a general, spinal, epidural or major regional block anaesthetic, or intravenous sedative otherwise than for the purpose of conscious sedation).