Health Services (Private Hospitals and Day Procedure Centres) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 (Vic)

Health Services (Private Hospitals and Day

Procedure Centres) (Amendment) Regulations 1996

S.R. No. 159/1996

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

Regulation Page

1.	Objectives	1
2.	Authorising provisions	1
3.	Principal Regulations	1
4.	Applications for design approval	2
5.	Substituted application form for approval in principle	2
SCHEDULE 2	2
6.	Schedule of fees substituted	3
SCHEDULE 3	4
7.	Application for transfer or variation of approval in principle
substituted	5
SCHEDULE 4	5
8.	Revocation of application forms for design approval or variation
of design approval	6

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STATUTORY RULES 1996

S.R. No. 159/1996

Health Services Act 1988

Health Services (Private Hospitals and Day

Procedure Centres) (Amendment) Regulations 1996

The Governor in Council makes the following Regulations:
Dated: 17 December 1996

Responsible Minister:

ROB KNOWLES

Minister for Health

A. WILTSHIRE

Acting Clerk of the Executive Council

1. Objectives

The objectives of these Regulations are—

(a)	to make consequential amendments to the Health Services (Private Hospitals and Day Procedures Centres) Regulations 1991 which are necessary as a result of the enactment of the Miscellaneous Acts (Health and Justice) Act 1995; and
(b)	to increase the various fees payable for approval in principle and for the registration of a private hospital or day procedure centre.

2. Authorising provisions

These Regulations are made under sections 70(2),
74(2), 82, 87, 88, 92(2) and 158 of the Health

Services Act 1988.

3. Principal Regulations

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In these Regulations, the Health Services (Private
Hospitals and Day Procedure Centres)
Regulations 19911 are called the Principal

Regulations.

4. Applications for design approval

Division 2 of Part 2 of the Principal Regulations is revoked.

5. Substituted application form for approval in principle

For Schedule 2 to the Principal Regulations substitute—

"SCHEDULE 2

APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL IN PRINCIPLE—PRIVATE

HOSPITALS AND DAY PROCEDURE CENTRES

SECTION A

1. Full name of applicant
2. Postal address of applicant

3.  Contact person (if the applicant is a body corporate provide the name of the person responsible on behalf of the body corporate for the application and state that person's relationship with the body corporate)

4. Telephone number of contact person during business hours

5.  Relationship of applicant to the proposal (for example: proprietor of existing establishment, developer, proposed proprietor)

6.   If the applicant is not the owner of the land to which the application relates, state the name of the owner and his or her postal address

SECTION B

Tick appropriate box in each part.

1.  Indicate the kind of health service establishment to which this application relates:

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† private hospital

† day procedure centre

2.  Indicate the proposal to which this application relates— Tick appropriate box or boxes

† use of particular land as a health service establishment

†	use of particular premises as a health service establishment
†	for premises proposed to be constructed for use as a health service establishment of a particular kind
†	for alterations or extensions to premises used or proposed to be used as a health service establishment
†	alterations in number of beds to which the registration relates
†	for a variation of registration with respect to the kinds of prescribed health services that may be carried on on the premises
†	for a variation to the registration with respect to the number of beds that may be used for specified kinds of prescribed health services

3.  Address of land or premises to which this application relates

(For existing health service establishments, also state name
of facility)

SECTION C

I/We declare that:—

1. in accordance with section 70(3) of the Health Services Act 1988, all persons who have an interest in the land as either owners or lessees have been notified, in writing, of this application for an approval in principle; and

2.  to the best of my/our knowledge, the information provided and the details which have been completed on this form are correct.

Signature of Applicants(s)
Name of each signatory in BLOCK LETTERS

Date ".

6. Schedule of fees substituted

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(Amendment) Regulations 1996
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For Schedule 3 to the Principal Regulations substitute—

"SCHEDULE 3

FEES—PRIVATE HOSPITALS AND DAY PROCEDURE

CENTRES

Regulation Fee

Approval in principle

Application for approval in	201(2)	$504.00
principle s.70
Application for transfer or variation of certificate of	202(2)	$126.00
approval in principle s.74

Registration

Application for registration	205(2)	$441.00
s.82
Application for renewal of	207(2)	$504.00
registration s.88
Application for transfer of	208(2)	$378.00
registration s.92
Application for any other	208(3)	$126.00
variation of registration s.92
Annual fee s.87	209	$477.50 plus $3.15 for each bed for which the hospital or centre is registered".

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7.  Application for transfer or variation of approval in principle substituted

For Schedule 4 to the Principal Regulations substitute—

"SCHEDULE 4

APPLICATION FOR TRANSFER OR VARIATION OF A
CERTIFICATE OF APPROVAL IN PRINCIPLE—PRIVATE

HOSPITALS AND DAY PROCEDURE CENTRES

I/We (full name), being the current holder(s) of Certificate of Approval in Principle numbered apply for:

† transfer of the certificate to—

1. Full name of transferee
2. Postal address of transferee

3.  Contact person (if the transferee is a body corporate provide the name of the person responsible on behalf of the body corporate for the application and state that person's relationship with the body corporate)

4. Telephone number of contact person during business hours

5.  Relationship of transferee to the proposal (for example: proprietor of existing establishment, developer, proposed proprietor)

6.   If the transferee is not the owner of the land to which the application relates, state the name of the owner and his or her postal address

† variation of the certificate for the following:

* use of particular land or premises as a specified kind of
health services establishment

* premises proposed to be constructed for use as a health

service establishment of a particular kind

* alterations or extensions to premises used or proposed to be used as a health service establishment

* a variation of the registration of a health service

establishment being an alteration in the number of beds to
which the registration relates

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* a variation of the registration of a health service

establishment being a variation of the kinds of health

services that may be carried on on the premises

* a variation of the registration of a health service

establishment being a variation of the number of beds that
may be used for specified kinds of prescribed health

services

* a condition to which the certificate is subject

* delete as appropriate
Set out details and reasons for the proposed variation:
Declaration

I/We declare that—

1.

in accordance with section 70(3) of the Health Services Act owners or lessees have been notified, in writing, of this application for transfer or variation of certificate of approval; and

2.  to the best of my/our knowledge, the information provided and the details which have been completed on this form are correct.

Signature(s) of certificate holder(s)
Name of each signatory in BLOCK LETTERS
Date ".

8.  Revocation of application forms for design approval or variation of design approval

Schedule 5 and Schedule 6 to the Principal

Regulations are revoked.

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NOTES

1 S.R. No. 15/1991. Reprinted to S.R. No. 160/1993.