Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) This Act applies
to any private hospital and any public hospital howsoever founded or
maintained (whether wholly or partly by or under governmental authority or
otherwise), but does not apply to a hospital used exclusively in connection
with a prison.
(2) The Minister,
acting on the written recommendation of the Executive Director and with the
consent of the governing body of the institution, may by notice published in
the Gazette declare any institution to be a public hospital subject to and for
the purposes of this Act.
(3) The Minister may
by notice published in the Gazette declare that any institution is not a
public hospital, or is not a nursing home, as the case may be, for the
purposes of this Act.
(4) The Minister may
by notice published in the Gazette declare that any institution is a teaching
hospital for the purposes of this Act.
(5) The Minister may
by notice published in the Gazette declare any person practising in the field
of health or medicine to be a practitioner for the purposes of this Act.
[Section 3 inserted by No. 33 of 1972
s. 6; amended by No. 28 of 1984 s. 50; No. 53 of 1985
s. 16; No. 49 of 1994 s. 4; No. 69 of 1996 s. 42.]