Private Health Facilities Act 1999
sec.23Conditions of approval
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sec.23 Conditions of approval
An approval must be issued on condition that the approval holder must give the chief health officer written notice of a prescribed change within 21 days of the prescribed change. The chief health officer may issue an approval on additional conditions the chief health officer considers necessary or desirable for— the proper operation of the proposed facility under a licence; or the health and wellbeing of patients who may receive health services at the proposed facility. If the chief health officer decides to issue an approval on additional conditions, the chief health officer must immediately give the applicant an information notice about the decision. In this section— prescribed change means a change— in a matter disclosed by an approval holder in an application under this Act; and of a kind prescribed under a regulation. (sec.23-ssec.1) An approval must be issued on condition that the approval holder must give the chief health officer written notice of a prescribed change within 21 days of the prescribed change. (sec.23-ssec.2) The chief health officer may issue an approval on additional conditions the chief health officer considers necessary or desirable for— the proper operation of the proposed facility under a licence; or the health and wellbeing of patients who may receive health services at the proposed facility. (sec.23-ssec.3) If the chief health officer decides to issue an approval on additional conditions, the chief health officer must immediately give the applicant an information notice about the decision. (sec.23-ssec.4) In this section— prescribed change means a change— in a matter disclosed by an approval holder in an application under this Act; and of a kind prescribed under a regulation.
- (a) the proper operation of the proposed facility under a licence; or
- (b) the health and wellbeing of patients who may receive health services at the proposed facility.
- (a) in a matter disclosed by an approval holder in an application under this Act; and
- (b) of a kind prescribed under a regulation.