sec.156Existing licences to use

sec.156 Existing licences to use

An existing licence to use is taken to be a licence under this Act. A person who holds an existing licence to use is taken to be a licensee under this Act. A licence under subsection (1) is taken to have been issued on the following conditions— the licensee must give the chief health officer within 21 days of a prescribed change happening, written notice of the prescribed change; within 90 days after the commencement day, the licensee must start a quality assurance program, conducted by a quality assurance entity, for the private health facility; within 3 years after the commencement day, the licensee must receive certification from the quality assurance entity that the facility operates under a quality assurance system; after the certification mentioned in paragraph (c) or subsection (4) is received, the facility must continue to be certified under the program as a facility that operates under a quality assurance system; the licensee must comply with the standards relevant to the facility; the licensee must operate the facility in accordance with the details about the facility stated in the licence, including providing at the facility only the type of health services stated in the licence; the licensee must ensure the premises making up the facility and all equipment, fittings and furnishings in the facility are kept in good repair and operational order; the licensee must not make a prescribed alteration to the facility without the approval of the chief health officer under section 65 ; the other conditions, not inconsistent with the conditions set out in paragraphs (a) to (h) , to which the existing licence to use was subject immediately before the commencement day. Subsection (3) (b) and (c) do not apply if, on the commencement day, the licensee has received certification from a quality assurance entity that the facility operates under a quality assurance system. Subsection (3) (b) does not apply if, on the commencement day, the licensee has started, but has not finished, a quality assurance program for the facility. Section 74 does not apply to an instrument or document in force before the commencement day purporting to encumber a licence mentioned in subsection (1) . In this section— prescribed change means a change— in a matter disclosed by the licensee— in an application under the repealed division; or in an application under this Act; and of a kind prescribed under a regulation. (sec.156-ssec.1) An existing licence to use is taken to be a licence under this Act. (sec.156-ssec.2) A person who holds an existing licence to use is taken to be a licensee under this Act. (sec.156-ssec.3) A licence under subsection (1) is taken to have been issued on the following conditions— the licensee must give the chief health officer within 21 days of a prescribed change happening, written notice of the prescribed change; within 90 days after the commencement day, the licensee must start a quality assurance program, conducted by a quality assurance entity, for the private health facility; within 3 years after the commencement day, the licensee must receive certification from the quality assurance entity that the facility operates under a quality assurance system; after the certification mentioned in paragraph (c) or subsection (4) is received, the facility must continue to be certified under the program as a facility that operates under a quality assurance system; the licensee must comply with the standards relevant to the facility; the licensee must operate the facility in accordance with the details about the facility stated in the licence, including providing at the facility only the type of health services stated in the licence; the licensee must ensure the premises making up the facility and all equipment, fittings and furnishings in the facility are kept in good repair and operational order; the licensee must not make a prescribed alteration to the facility without the approval of the chief health officer under section 65 ; the other conditions, not inconsistent with the conditions set out in paragraphs (a) to (h) , to which the existing licence to use was subject immediately before the commencement day. (sec.156-ssec.4) Subsection (3) (b) and (c) do not apply if, on the commencement day, the licensee has received certification from a quality assurance entity that the facility operates under a quality assurance system. (sec.156-ssec.5) Subsection (3) (b) does not apply if, on the commencement day, the licensee has started, but has not finished, a quality assurance program for the facility. (sec.156-ssec.6) Section 74 does not apply to an instrument or document in force before the commencement day purporting to encumber a licence mentioned in subsection (1) . (sec.156-ssec.7) In this section— prescribed change means a change— in a matter disclosed by the licensee— in an application under the repealed division; or in an application under this Act; and of a kind prescribed under a regulation.