39Staffing

39 Staffing

39 Staffing

(1) A facility must have—

(a) a medical practitioner appointed as director of the facility who has—

(i) for a level 1 facility—appropriate qualifications, or

(ii) for a level 2 facility—a recognised postgraduate qualification in intensive care, and

(b) for a level 1 facility—a medical practitioner on duty at the facility at all times, with priority for attendance on patients in the facility, and

(c) for a level 2 facility—a medical practitioner with an appropriate level of experience present in the facility at all times, and

(d) sufficient nursing staff on duty at all times, being—

(i) a nursing staff to patient ratio of at least 1:1 for critically ill patients, and

(ii) for a level 2 facility—a nursing staff at least 50% of whom are registered nurses with intensive care certification.

(2) In this section—

level 1 facility means a level I unit within the meaning of the Minimum Standards for Intensive Care Units.

level 2 facility means a level II unit within the meaning of the Minimum Standards for Intensive Care Units.