Commonwealth Numbered Acts

COMMUNITY SERVICES AND HEALTH LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1989 No. 3 of 1990 - SECT 30

30. After section 45D of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:
Statements may be published in relation to approved nursing homes

"45DA. (1) The Minister may, from time to time, prepare and publish a
statement containing all or any of the relevant information in relation to
each approved nursing home.

"(2) The following is relevant information for the purposes of subsection (1):

   (a)  information relating to whether the standards referred to in section
        45D have been satisfied in the provision of nursing home care in the
        nursing home;

   (b)  the level of nursing home care provided in the nursing home by
        reference to those standards;

   (c)  the number of beds in the nursing home and the physical size of the
        nursing home;

   (d)  the location of the nursing home and its proximity to community
        facilities, for example, public transport, shops, libraries and
        community centres;

   (e)  services provided in the nursing home;

   (f)  fees imposed, and charges made, in the nursing home;

   (g)  activities at the nursing home in which patients may participate;

   (h)  the name of the proprietor of the nursing home.

"(3) Without limiting the means by which a statement is able to be published,
a copy of a statement is to be made available for public inspection at each
office of the Department.

"(4) The information contained in a statement must not be such as to enable
the identification of an individual patient of a nursing home.

"(5) Before publishing a statement under this section, the Minister must allow
the proprietor of the nursing home not less than 30 days to consider the
statement and to make submissions to the Minister in relation to the content
of the statement.

"(6) Where it appears to the Minister in the light of any submission made by
the proprietor that the content of the statement should be altered, the
Minister is to alter the statement accordingly before it is published.".