Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Where the CEO is
satisfied that an applicant complies with the requirements of section 26B
and the premises at which the applicant proposes to conduct the private
hospital are satisfactory for that purpose and that the arrangements for the
management, equipment and staffing of the private hospital are satisfactory he
may grant a licence to the applicant.
(2) The CEO may impose
such terms and conditions as he thinks fit in relation to any licence granted
under this section.
(3) Without limiting
the generality of subsection (2) conditions imposed in relation to a
private hospital may specify —
(a) the
maximum number of patients that may be treated at any one time at the private
hospital and kinds or classes of patients that may be treated at the private
hospital; and
(b) the
number and the categories of nursing and other staff, the kinds of nursing and
other care that shall be provided or available at the private hospital and the
periods and times at which they shall be provided or available.
(4) Subject to
subsection (5), the granting of a licence and the terms and conditions
imposed in relation thereto under this section shall, subject to
subsection (6), be in the discretion of the CEO.
(5) When an
application for a licence —
(a) is
in respect of premises that are not approved as premises for a hospital under
this Part the CEO shall notify the applicant of his decision within
3 months of the day that the application for the licence is lodged at the
office of the CEO;
(b) is
in respect of premises that are approved premises for a hospital under this
Part the CEO shall notify the applicant of his decision within 30 days of
the day that the application for the licence is lodged at the office of the
CEO.
(6) A person who is
aggrieved by a decision of the CEO refusing to grant a licence may within
30 days of that decision appeal to the Minister.
(7) The CEO may revoke
or vary any terms or conditions or both that apply in relation to any licence
issued under this Part.
[Section 26D inserted by No. 53 of 1985
s. 22; amended by No. 28 of 2006 s. 264.]