Private Health Facilities Act 1999
sec.3Main object of Act and its achievement
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sec.3 Main object of Act and its achievement
The main object of this Act is to provide a framework for protecting the health and wellbeing of patients receiving health services at private health facilities. The object is to be achieved mainly by— enabling standards to be made for the provision of health services at private health facilities; and requiring persons proposing to operate private health facilities to first hold approvals; and requiring persons to hold licences for the operation of the facilities; and providing for compliance with this Act to be monitored and enforced. (sec.3-ssec.1) The main object of this Act is to provide a framework for protecting the health and wellbeing of patients receiving health services at private health facilities. (sec.3-ssec.2) The object is to be achieved mainly by— enabling standards to be made for the provision of health services at private health facilities; and requiring persons proposing to operate private health facilities to first hold approvals; and requiring persons to hold licences for the operation of the facilities; and providing for compliance with this Act to be monitored and enforced.
- (a) enabling standards to be made for the provision of health services at private health facilities; and
- (b) requiring persons proposing to operate private health facilities to first hold approvals; and
- (c) requiring persons to hold licences for the operation of the facilities; and
- (d) providing for compliance with this Act to be monitored and enforced.