Healthcare Services (Community Hospital Service) Regulations 2023
Table of Contents
Enacting Formula
Part 1 PRELIMINARY
1 Citation and commencement
2 Definitions
3 Application of Regulations
Part 2 LICENSING MATTERS
4 Specified service
5 Prohibited service delivery modes
Part 3 REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO PERSONNEL
6 No employment or engagement of unauthorised persons to practise medicine or dentistry
7 Licensee must establish credentialing framework
Part 4 APPROVED PERMANENT PREMISES, EQUIPMENT, ETC.
8 Approved permanent premises, equipment, etc.
9 Backup utilities
10 Notification of addition or removal of beds
Part 5 REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO PATIENT CARE
Division 1 — General
11 General requirements relating to patient care
12 Staffing requirements
13 Informed care
14 Transport of patients
Division 2 — Provision of mandatory services
15 Requirement to provide certain aspects of community hospital service
16 Nursing service
17 Nutrition service
18 Pharmaceutical service
19 Resuscitation service
Division 3 — Provision of other aspects of community hospital service
20 Anaesthesia service
21 Dietetic service
22 Rehabilitative service
23 Application of regulations 24 to 27
24 Patients must be monitored when undergoing haemodialysis
25 Standards for equipment for renal dialysis service
26 Quality of water and dialysis fluid
27 Prevention of transmission of blood borne viruses and pathogenic bacteria
28 Conduct of ultrasound imaging
29 Testing of specimen
30 Conduct of simple in vitro diagnostic test
Part 6 INFECTION CONTROL, INCIDENT MANAGEMENT AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
31 Infection control obligation
32 Emergency management system
Part 7 MISCELLANEOUS
33 Keeping of other records
34 Price transparency
35 Display of charges, etc.
36 Disclosure of approved institution status
37 Financial counselling
38 Offences