Health Legislation

This Act establishes the Muhimbili National Hospital, repeals the Muhimbili Medical Centre Act, 1976, makes transitional provisions on such repeal and provides for other related matters.

This Decree regulates the organization of public hospital health establishments.

This law establishes the foundations for the hospital reform.

This Law regulates the creation, organization and operation of public health establishments. This document is a compilation of several laws and this particular law is located on page 16 of the file.

This Act is to ensure the provision and maintenance of comprehensive hospital services in Zimbabwe; to provide for the admission of persons to Government hospitals and the fixing of fees in respect of services provided thereat; to provide for the granting to medical practitioners and dental practitioners of the privilege of access to certain Government hospitals and for the appointment of consultant medical and dental practitioners; to provide for the registration of medical aid societies; to set conditions for the registration of private hospitals and to provide for matters incidental to or connected with the foregoing.

The Act provides for the establishment of Hospital Management Boards, the charging fees for medical and health services and the regulation of such fees, the regulation of conditions under which private hospitals or other health facilities may be established, and for connected matters.

This Act makes provision for the improvement of the care, assistance and education of handicapped persons in Malawi; establishes a Council for the handicapped; provides for the voluntary registration of handicapped persons; provides for the registration, direction, control and regulation of associations whose objects include the welfare of the handicapped; and further provides for matters incidental thereto and connected therewith.

This Act regulates the establishment, management, and operation of hospitals and dispensaries in the country.