Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) Every application for registration in respect ol any health establishment and lorthe grant ol licence therelore shall be made to Health Authority. The application shall contain such particulars and shall be accompanied by such fees as may be prescribed. (2) The Health Authority, il satislied that the applicant and the health establishment Iulfil conditions specified under Section 10 shall register the applicant in respect ol such health establishment and shall grant him a licence therefore and the registration and the licence shall be valid for a period ol: (a) 5 years in case of nursing home, Hospital, maternity home and Research institute. (b) 3 years in case ot clinical laboratory physiotheraphy establishment. (3) The Health Authority shall reject an application il it is satisfied that: l0l (a) lhe applicant or the health establishment does not lulfil the conditions specified under section 10 ; (b) the real object of the applicant is to use or allow the health establishment to be used for immoral purposes ; (c) there is no adequate provision for maintaining hygienic/san:tary condition to the detriment of lhe localily in which the health establishment is proposed to be established ; (d) in the case of a nursing home other than a maternity home that such nursing home is nol or will not be under the charge ol a medical practitioner resident therein round the clock and that nursing of persons received, admitted and accommodated therein is not or will not be under the superinlendence ol a nurse resident lherein round the clock ;or (e) in the case ol a maternity home that such maternily home is not or will not be under the charge ol a medical practitioner resident therein round the clock and that the attendence on evtiry tvomen be{ore at or alter child birth the or on any child born is not or will not be under the superintendence of a midwile resident therein round the clock. (4) Where the application is reiected under sub-section (3) the Health Authority shall record the reason lor such rejection and no application shall be reiected unless the applicant has been given an opportunity of showing cause in support of his application.