Section 3: Application for licence
consolidated text (as amended). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
3. Application for licence
(1) A person who wishes to operate a private health institution shall
make an application to the Permanent Secretary in such form as he may
determine.
(2) The Permanent Secretary may, on receipt of an application under
subsection (1)—
(a) request the applicant to furnish such additional information as he
may require for the purpose of determining whether the application ought to be granted;
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(b) inspect the premises to assess their suitability for use as a private health institution; and
(c) grant, on payment of such fee as may be prescribed, the application on such terms and conditions as he thinks fit and issue
the licence.
(3) Where the Minister is satisfied that a private nursing home is used or
intended to be used exclusively for a charitable purpose, he may exempt it
from payment of the licence fee.