Section 15Part — Health care facilities
Offences
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A person who operates a health care facility without a certificate commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of fifty thousand dollars and a further fine of ten thousand dollars for every day during which the facility is operated without a certificate.
A person who operates a health care facility shall —
ensure that the registered practitioners practising at the health care facility have malpractice insurance or indemnity cover approved by the Commission;
ensure that the health care facility is covered with adequate liability insurance; and
ensure that persons who work at the facility under a contract of services with the health care facility have adequate malpractice and other relevant insurance,
A person who operates a health care facility in contravention of subsection (2) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of twenty-five thousand dollars.