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NATIONAL HEALTH ACT 1953 - SECT 45DB

General information about approved nursing homes may be made available to the public

             (1)  The Secretary may make available to the public, in any way that the Secretary thinks fit, any or all of the relevant information in relation to:

                     (a)  an approved nursing home; or

                     (b)  premises that were an approved nursing home at any time during the period of 5 years before the information is made available to the public.

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

                     (a)  the name and address of the nursing home;

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

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

                     (d)  services provided in the nursing home;

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

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

                     (g)  the name of the proprietor of the nursing home;

                     (h)  the number of vacancies (if any) in the nursing home;

                      (i)  the length of the waiting list (if any) for admission to the nursing home.

             (3)  The information made available must not be such as to enable the identification of an individual patient of a nursing home.



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