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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1994

P

APPROVED BY

BUILDING AND

THE

FACILITIES

ONLY A HOSPITAL AND SUCH ANCILLARY FACILITIES AS

SITE. THE DIRECTOR

GRANTED OF LANDS MAY BE BUILT ON THE PLANS FOR THE HOSPITAL MUST BE APPROVED BY THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH ANY

MAJOR CHANGES TO THE BUILDINGS OR USE OF SUBSEQUENT ALSO REQUIRE THE DIRECTOR'S APPROVAL BEFORE FORMAL SUBMISSION TO

IF THE AUTHORITY. BUILDING

TO GRANT CEASES

SERVE ITS ORIGINAL PURPOSE, THE SITE WILL BE TAKEN BACK BY GOVERNMENT.

SINCE 1981, PRIVATE NON-PROFITMAKING HOSPITALS HAVE BEEN REQUIRED TO SET ASIDE NOT LESS THAT 20% OF THEIR BEDS TO BE LOW-CHARGE BEDS, TO WHICH THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH AND THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE HOSPITAL AUTHORITY MAY BY MUTUAL AGREEMENT REFER PATIENTS, OTHER CHRONIC LONG-TERM CASES.

THAN

PRIVATE HOSPITALS ARE REQUIRED UNDER THE

ΤΟ 165) HOMES AND MATERNITY HOMES REGISTRATION ORDINANCE (CAP REGISTERED WITH THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH, SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS RELATING TO

STAFFING AND EQUIPMENT. THEY ARE ALSO ACCOMMODATION, STAFFING AND EQUIPMENT. OTHER STATUTORY CONTROLS INCLUDING REGISTRATION OF MEDICAL AND MEDICAL PERSONNEL,

REQUIREMENTS AND GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS DANGEROUS GOOD STORAGE.

HOSPITALS,

NURSING

BE

SUBJECT

то

PARA-

AS MAY BE

IMPOSED

BY

OTHER

REQUIREMENTS LIKE FIRE SAFETY, BUILDING

AND

FORCE.

AFTER THE LICENCE IS GRANTED, THE HOSPITAL WILL CONTINUE TO

THROUGH THE

IN MONITORED

VARIOUS ORDINANCES WHICH ARE ADDITION, THE HOSPITALS WILL BE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT REGULAR AND OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

WILL

OF BE INSPECTED BY THE DEPARTMENT INSTITUTIONS RENEWAL OF LICENCE AND AS AND WHEN NECESSARY.

BE

IN

STATISTICS AND THE HEALTH BEFORE

ALL PRIVATE HOSPITALS, WHETHER IN RECEIPT OF LAND GRANT OR NOT, HOSPITAL STANDARDS" EXPECTED TO COMPLY WITH THE "GUIDE TO

ARE ALSO WHICH WAS ISSUED BY THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH IN APRIL 1992.

THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF STAFFING FOR A HOSPITAL DEPENDS ON THE OF NATURE AND SCOPE OF SERVICE PROVIDED, THE CASE-MIX AND THE NUMBER PATIENTS SERVED. ACCORDINGLY IT IS CONSIDERED NOT PRACTICAL TO IMPOSE ARE A RIGID

THESE HOSPITALS STAFFING RATIO ON PRIVATE HOSPITALS.

EXERCISE DISCRETION ALLOWED TO

AND FLEXIBILITY TO DEPLOY HUMAN RESOURCES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF PATIENTS SUBJECT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH.

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