Healthcare Services (Acute 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 Recovery area
11 Notification of addition or removal of beds
Part 5 REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO PATIENT CARE
Division 1 General
12 General requirements relating to patient care
13 Staffing requirements
14 Informed care
15 Transport of patients
Division 2 Provision of mandatory services
16 Requirement to provide certain aspects of acute hospital service
17 Anaesthesia service
18 Blood transfusion service
19 Dietetic service and nutrition service
20 Intensive care service
21 Nursing service
22 Pharmaceutical service
23 Resuscitation service
24 Surgical service
25 24‑hour clinic service
Division 3 Provision of specified services
26 Prohibition against use of terms "A&E", etc.
27 Application of regulations 28, 29 and 30
28 Personnel requirements for licensees approved to provide emergency department service
29 Requirements relating to equipment, etc., for licensees approved to provide emergency department service
30 Provision of emergency department service
Division 4 Provision of other aspects of acute hospital service
31 Rehabilitative service
32 Application of regulations 33 to 36
33 Patients must be monitored when undergoing haemodialysis
34 Standards for equipment for renal dialysis service
35 Quality of water and dialysis fluid
36 Prevention of transmission of blood borne viruses and pathogenic bacteria
37 Conduct of ultrasound imaging
38 Testing of specimen
39 Conduct of simple in vitro diagnostic test
Division 5 Provision of clinical laboratory service and radiological service
40 Clinical laboratory service
41 Radiological service
Part 6 INFECTION CONTROL, INCIDENT MANAGEMENT AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
42 Infection control obligation
43 Emergency management system
Part 7 MISCELLANEOUS
44 Keeping of other records
45 Price transparency
46 Display of charges, etc.
47 Disclosure of approved institution status
48 Financial counselling
49 Offences