Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) Any natural person
or body corporate who or which desires to conduct a private hospital may apply
and obtain a licence to conduct a private hospital.
(2) Subject to this
Act, a person not being a member of a firm or a body corporate who desires to
obtain a licence to conduct a private hospital shall satisfy the CEO —
(a) that
he or she has attained the age of 18 years; and
(b) that
he or she is a person of good character and repute and a fit and proper person
to conduct a private hospital; and
(c) that
he or she has sufficient material and financial resources available to him or
her to comply with the requirements of this Act; and
(d) that
he or she understands fully the duties and obligations imposed on him or her
in relation to the conduct of a private hospital under this Act and otherwise.
(3) Subject to this
Act, 2 or more persons constituting a firm who desire to obtain a licence to
conduct a private hospital shall satisfy the CEO —
(a) that
all the natural persons by whom the firm is constituted and all of the persons
concerned in the management or conduct of any body corporate by which the firm
is constituted are persons of good character and repute and are persons fit to
be concerned in the management or control of the private hospital;
(b) that
the persons by whom or by which the firm is constituted have sufficient
material and financial resources available to them to enable them to comply
with the requirements of this Act;
(c) that
at least one of the natural persons referred to in paragraph (a) understands
fully the duties and obligations imposed in relation to the conduct of a
private hospital under this Act and otherwise.
(4) Subject to this
Act, a body corporate that desires to obtain a licence to conduct a private
hospital shall satisfy the CEO —
(a) that
all the natural persons concerned in the management or conduct of the
applicant are persons of good character and repute and are persons fit to be
concerned in the management or control of a private hospital; and
(b) that
the applicant has sufficient material and financial resources available to it
to enable it to comply with the provisions of this Act; and
(c) that
at least one of the persons referred to in paragraph (a) understands fully the
duties and obligations imposed in relation to the conduct and management of a
private hospital under this Act and otherwise.
[Section 26B inserted: No. 53 of 1985 s. 22;
amended: No. 28 of 2006 s. 264.]