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 NORTHERN PROVINCE PROVINCIAL LEGISLATION OVERVIEWS
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Northern Province Health Services Act, No. 5 of 1998  

Long title


To consolidate the laws relating to health services facilities of the Northern Province and to provide for matters incidental thereto

Table of contents

SECTION TITLE
1. Definitions
CHAPTER I. ESTABLISHMENT AND ORGANISATION OF HEALTH SERVICES
2. Establishment and organisation of health services
3. General powers of the Member of the executive Council
4. Local control and management of health service es facilities, institutions and services
5. Acceptance of bequests, donations or subscriptions
6. Regulations
CHAPTER II. TRANSFER OF HEALTH SERVICES FACILITIES TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT
7. Transfer of health services and facilities
8. Consequences of transfer of health services facility to Local Government
9. Financing of health facilities and services transferred to local government
CHAPTER III. HEALTH SERVICES FACILITY BOARDS
10. Disestablishment of health services facilities boards
11. Constitution of Boards
12. Appointment of members of boards
13. Qualifications of members of boards
14. Period of office of members of boards
15. When office of member becomes vacant
16. Termination of office of members of boards, appointment of provisional boards, and appointment of persons to exercise or carry out rights, powers, duties and function of boards
17. Rights, powers, duties and functions of boards
18. Meeting of boards
19. Chairperson to preside at meetings
20. Quorum
21. Method of deciding questions before a board
22. Committees of boards
23. Minutes of meetings
24. Fees and allowances
25. Regulations
CHAPTER IV. PROVINCIAL HEALTH CONSULTATIVE FORUM
26. Establishment of a Provincial Health Consultative Forum
27. Constitution of the Forum
28. Qualifications of members
29. Period of office of members
30. Meetings
31. Committees
32. Functions
33. Regulations
CHAPTER V. ADMISSION AND TREATMENT OF PATIENT
34. Duty to admit patients
35. Classification of patients
36. Certain classes of persons to be classified as private patients
37. Order of admission of patients
38. Treatment of patients
39. Treatment of private or full-paying patient as out-patient
40. Treatment of private patients by private practitioner in a health services facility
41. Regulations
CHAPTER VI. STAFF
42. Transfer, promotions and temporary secondments
43. Copy of misconduct proceedings to be forwarded to professional board or council with which officer registered
44. Appointment of honorary officer or voluntary worker
CHAPTER VII. HEALTH CARE TEACHING ENVIRONMENTS
45. Association of provincial services facility and university for instructional purposes
46. Teaching appointments of teaching health services facility
47. Teaching appointment on contract
48. Access to provincial health services facilities of university, technikon or college personnel who do not hold joint appointments
49. Refusal of access to university, technikon or college student
50. Regulations
CHAPTER VIII. PRIVATE HEALTH SERVICES FACILITIES
51. Private health services facilities and grants-in-aid to such health services and facilities
CHAPTER IX. GENERAL
52. Supply of medical requisites, etc. to outside clinics
53. Delegation of rights, powers, duties or functions
54. Regulation of traffic on certain premises
55. Regulations
56. Fines
57. Repeal of laws and savings
58. Short title and commencement
Sch. SCHEDULE. LAWS REPEALED [s57]
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