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NATIONAL HEALTH ACT 1953 - SECT 44

Variation or revocation of approval

             (1)  The Minister may, at any time, review the approval of a nursing home under this Part.

             (2)  If the Minister considers that:

                     (a)  the nature of an approved nursing home has changed since the approval under review was given or deemed to have been given; or

                     (b)  a condition applicable to the approved nursing home has not been complied with;

the Minister may vary the nature of the approval or revoke or suspend the approval as the Minister considers justified in the circumstances of the case.

          (2A)  The Minister may give the proprietor of the approved nursing home written notice of his or her intention to vary the nature of the approval or revoke or suspend the approval as the case may be.

             (3)  Upon receipt of:

                     (a)  an application in writing by the proprietor of an approved nursing home for revocation of the approval of the nursing home; or

                     (b)  a notice in writing given in accordance with section 43 or subsection 40AEH(1) in respect of an approved nursing home;

the Minister, may revoke the approval of the nursing home.

             (4)  A variation of the nature of, or a revocation or suspension of, an approval of a nursing home under this section shall be effected by notice in writing served on the proprietor of the nursing home, and, in the case of a notice suspending an approval, the notice shall set out the period of the suspension (not being a period that commences before the date of service of the notice).



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