42Hospital must comply with directions of Secretary

42 Hospital must comply with directions of Secretary

S. 42(1) amended by No. 46/1998 s. 7(Sch. 1) (as amended by No. 12/1999 s. 3(Sch. 1 item 14)).

(1) The Secretary, for the purpose of carrying out functions and powers under this Act or for carrying out the objectives of this Act, may in writing give directions to a public hospital or denominational hospital in relation to all or any of the following matters—

(a) the purposes which the hospital should serve or refrain from serving and those to which it should give priority;

(b) the manner in which and extent to which the hospital should provide training for persons engaged or intending to engage in health care;

(c) the number and type of persons which the hospital should employ or from whom it should obtain services and their conditions of employment or service;

S. 42(1)(ca) inserted by No. 8/2020 s. 4(1).

(ca) the requirements for specified persons, or a specified class of persons, employed or engaged by the hospital to be vaccinated against or prove immunity to specified diseases, including the consequences of non‑compliance for those persons as employees or persons engaged by the hospital;

(d) the number and types of patients the hospital should treat;

S. 42(1)(e) amended by No. 39/2000 s. 7(a).

(e) the facilities, services, equipment or supplies which the hospital should employ or should refrain from employing;

S. 42(1)(f) amended by No. 39/2000 s. 7(b).

(f) the extent to which and the conditions on which the hospital should make use of facilities, services, equipment or supplies provided by another hospital or should allow another hospital to make use of its facilities, services, equipment or supplies;

S. 42(1)(fa) inserted by No. 39/2000 s. 7(c).

(fa) the extent to which and the conditions on which a hospital is required to obtain or purchase facilities, services, equipment or supplies provided by another hospital or another person or body;

S. 42(1)(fb) inserted by No. 18/2001 s. 6(1).

(fb) a requirement that a public hospital appoint HPV as its agent for the purposes of obtaining or purchasing goods and services and the conditions on which the appointment is to be made;

S. 42(1)(g) amended by No. 49/2010 s. 222.

(g) the manner in which, and extent to which, the admission of patients, patient care and treatment should be co-ordinated between hospitals, supported residential services, registered funded agencies and health service establishments;

S. 42(1)(h) amended by No. 46/1998 s. 7(Sch. 1) (as amended by No. 12/1999 s. 3(Sch. 1 item 14)).