Section 16Part — Health care facilities
Inspection of health care facilities
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The Cabinet, acting in its discretion, may appoint as inspectors such persons having suitable qualifications as the Cabinet thinks necessary for carrying into effect the powers and duties set out in subsection (5).
Each inspector shall be provided by Government with an identification card indicating that that person is an inspector under this Act and bearing a photograph of the inspector.
An inspector shall, if requested to do so, produce that identification card for inspection to any person in relation to whom the inspector is about to exercise, is exercising or has exercised a power under this Act.
An inspector who intends to inspect any premises in accordance with this section shall, except in cases of emergency, give at least seven days’ notice of that inspector’s intention to do so to the manager of the premises.
An inspector shall be empowered to —
at any reasonable time (or, in cases of emergency, at any time) enter, inspect and examine any health care facility in order to ensure that the premises are being kept in accordance with the standards set by the Commission relating to physical facilities, equipment, personnel and procedures which standards shall accord with relevant guidelines or codes in the United Kingdom, Canada or the United States of America;
when entering such premises, take with that person such equipment and material as is considered necessary for the purpose of inspection and examination;
make such examination and investigation as may in any circumstances be necessary; and
require any person to afford that inspector such facilities and assistance with respect to any matters or things within that person’s control or in relation to which that person has responsibilities as are necessary to enable the inspector to exercise any of the powers conferred on that person by this section.
An inspector, when exercising a power under this section, may be accompanied by any other person whose assistance the inspector considers necessary, and that person may do such things as are reasonably necessary to assist the inspector in the performance of that inspector’s functions.