38Register of patients

#### 38 Register of patients 38 Register of patients > > (1) The licensee of a private health facility must cause a register of patients to be kept at the facility. > > > (2) The register of patients is to be kept in a form approved by the Secretary subject to any requirements that may be prescribed by the regulations. > > > (3) The following particulars must be entered in the register of patients— > > > > > (a) the name, age and residential address of each patient at the facility, > > > > > (b) the date when the patient was received at the facility, > > > > > (c) the date when the patient left the facility or, in the event of the patient’s death, the date of death, > > > > > (d) the name of the practitioner attending the patient, > > > > > (e) any other particulars that may be prescribed. > > > (4) The particulars must be entered in the register of patients by the persons, at the time, and in the manner, prescribed for the purposes of this subsection. > > > (5) A person must not— > > > > > (a) enter in the register of patients any particular that the person knows or has reason to believe to be false or misleading in a material particular, or > > > > > (b) wilfully fail to enter in the register of patients any particular that the person is required to enter. > > Maximum penalty—1,000 penalty units.