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Promulgation of Hospitals and Health Facilities Amendment Act, 1998

Parliament of Namibia Country Resources General Health Legislation Namibia 5 March 1998 Legislation/regulation

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To amend the Hospitals and Health Facilities Act, 1994, so as to further
regulate the Minister's powers with respect to the classification of state
hospitals and state health facilities; to authorise the letting out of available
rooms or space in a state hospital or state health facility for use for certain
private purposes; to require that patients admitted for treatment at a
state hospital or state health facility must elect to be classified either as a
state patient or as a private patient; to further regulate the powers of
the Minister relating to the registration of private hospitals and licensing
of private health facilities; to further regulate the powers of the Minister
in respect of the withdrawal of the registration of a private hospital or
the licence of a private health facility; and to provide for matters
incidental thereto.

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