sec.48Conditions of licence

sec.48 Conditions of licence

A licence for a private health facility must be issued on the following conditions— the licensee must give the chief health officer, within 21 days after a prescribed change, written notice of the prescribed change; the licensee must comply with an accreditation scheme that relates to safety and quality matters and is prescribed by regulation; 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 chief health officer may issue a licence on additional conditions the chief health officer considers necessary or desirable for— the proper operation of the facility; or the health and wellbeing of patients who may receive health services at the facility. If the chief health officer decides under subsection (4) to issue a licence 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 the licensee in an application under this Act; and of a kind prescribed under a regulation. s 48 amd 2020 No. 31 s 21 (sec.48-ssec.1) A licence for a private health facility must be issued on the following conditions— the licensee must give the chief health officer, within 21 days after a prescribed change, written notice of the prescribed change; the licensee must comply with an accreditation scheme that relates to safety and quality matters and is prescribed by regulation; 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 . (sec.48-ssec.4) The chief health officer may issue a licence on additional conditions the chief health officer considers necessary or desirable for— the proper operation of the facility; or the health and wellbeing of patients who may receive health services at the facility. (sec.48-ssec.5) If the chief health officer decides under subsection (4) to issue a licence on additional conditions, the chief health officer must immediately give the applicant an information notice about the decision. (sec.48-ssec.6) In this section— prescribed change means a change— in a matter disclosed by the licensee in an application under this Act; and of a kind prescribed under a regulation.