S.I. No. 223/1993 -- Nursing Homes (Fees) Regulations, 1993.
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S.I. No. 223/1993: NURSING HOMES (FEES) REGULATIONS, 1993. |
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NURSING HOMES (FEES) REGULATIONS, 1993. |
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The Minister for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on him under Section 8 (1) of the Health (Nursing Homes) Act, 1990 hereby makes the following Regulations: |
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1. These Regulations may be cited as the Nursing Homes (Fees) Regulations, 1993. |
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2. These Regulations shall come into operation on the first day of September 1993. |
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3. In these Regulations:-- |
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"the Act" means the Health (Nursing Homes) Act, 1990 (No. 23 of 1990), |
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"nursing home" has the meaning given to it in section 2 (1) of the Act, |
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"the 1964 Act" means the Health (Homes for Incapacitated Persons) Act, 1964 (No. 8 of 1964). |
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4. (1) A person who applies to a health board under Section 4 (4) of the Act for a declaration that he or she is a fit person to carry on a nursing home shall pay to the health board a fee of £100 with his or her application. |
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4. (2) When a health board has granted a declaration to a person under Section 4 (4) of the Act, and the person subsequently applies to the health board for registration of a premises as a nursing home, the health board shall abate the registration fee by the amount of the declaration fee paid. |
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5. A person who applies to a health board for registration under Section 4 of the Act shall pay to the health board a fee of £10 per bed in the premises or nursing home. |
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6. (1) A health board shall exempt from a fee a person applying for registration of a premises as a nursing home in which no person is maintained for private profit. |
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6. (2) A health board shall exempt from a fee a person applying for registration for the first time of a premises which was a home notified to a health board under the Health (Homes for Incapacitated Persons) Act, 1964 (No. 8 of 1964) on the day the Act is commenced. |
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GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Health this 30th day of July, 1993. |
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BRENDAN HOWLIN, |
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Minister for Health. |
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EXPLANATORY NOTE. |
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These Regulations set out the fees to be paid for a declaration and for the registration of nursing homes under Section 4 of the Health (Nursing Homes) Act, 1990 . The Regulations exempt voluntary nursing homes from registration fees and existing private nursing homes registering for the first time. |
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