Private Health Facilities Regulation 2024 - Regulatory Impact Statement

The Regulation supports the purpose of the Act by: — prescribing the requirements for private health facilities to meet minimum standards relating to the safety, care and quality of life of patients — prescribing minimum qualifications for certain staff at a private health facility — requiring private health facilities to display their licence in a prominent place in the entry foyer of the facilit. [...] Given the significance of the problem overall, and the potentially catastrophic consequences of worst-case incidents, the issues of safety and quality in private health facilities continues to warrant the attention of the NSW Government. [...] Overall, the key objectives of the Draft Regulation can be seen as to provide: — legislative support and administrative detail for the operation of the Act — clear minimum standards for private health facilities relating to the safety and quality of the services provided to patients in private health facilities in NSW — a framework for adequate governance, oversight and accountability of private h. [...] The Regulation supports the purpose of the Act by: — prescribing the requirements for private health facilities to meet minimum standards relating to the safety, care and quality of life of patients — prescribing minimum qualifications for certain staff at a private health facility — requiring private health facilities to display their licence in a prominent place in the entry foyer of the facilit. [...] To achieve these ends, the Subordinate Legislation Act 1989 requires a RIS to contain certain information including: — an analysis of the nature and extent of the problem sought to be addressed by the regulation and establishing the need for regulation — a statement of the objectives sought to be achieved by the regulation — the identification of the alternative options by which those objectives c.