Private Health Facilities Act 1999
sec.9Meaning of private hospital
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sec.9 Meaning of private hospital
A private hospital is a facility at which health services are provided to persons who are discharged from the facility on a day other than the day on which the persons were admitted to the facility. However, a private hospital does not include the following— a hospital operated by the State; a nursing home, hostel, or other facility at which accommodation, and nursing or personal care, is provided to persons who, because of infirmity, illness, disease, incapacity or disability, have a permanent need for nursing or personal care. (sec.9-ssec.1) A private hospital is a facility at which health services are provided to persons who are discharged from the facility on a day other than the day on which the persons were admitted to the facility. (sec.9-ssec.2) However, a private hospital does not include the following— a hospital operated by the State; a nursing home, hostel, or other facility at which accommodation, and nursing or personal care, is provided to persons who, because of infirmity, illness, disease, incapacity or disability, have a permanent need for nursing or personal care.
- (a) a hospital operated by the State;
- (b) a nursing home, hostel, or other facility at which accommodation, and nursing or personal care, is provided to persons who, because of infirmity, illness, disease, incapacity or disability, have a permanent need for nursing or personal care.