S.I. No. 223/1993 - Nursing Homes (Fees) Regulations, 1993.

S.I. No. 223 of 1993.

NURSING HOMES (FEES) REGULATIONS, 1993.

The Minister for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on him under Section 8 (1) of the Health (Nursing Homes) Act, 1990 hereby makes the following Regulations:

1 Citation.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Nursing Homes (Fees) Regulations, 1993.

2 Commencement.

2. These Regulations shall come into operation on the first day of September 1993.

3 Interpretation.

3. In these Regulations:—

"the Act" means the Health (Nursing Homes) Act, 1990 (No. 23 of 1990),

"nursing home" has the meaning given to it in section 2 (1) of the Act,

"the 1964 Act" means the Health (Homes for Incapacitated Persons) Act, 1964 (No. 8 of 1964).

4 Declaration Fee.

4. (1) A person who applies to a health board under Section 4 (4) of the Act for a declaration that he or she is a fit person to carry on a nursing home shall pay to the health board a fee of £100 with his or her application.

4. (2) When a health board has granted a declaration to a person under Section 4 (4) of the Act, and the person subsequently applies to the health board for registration of a premises as a nursing home, the health board shall abate the registration fee by the amount of the declaration fee paid.

5 Registration Fee.

5. A person who applies to a health board for registration under Section 4 of the Act shall pay to the health board a fee of £10 per bed in the premises or nursing home.

6 Registration Fee.

6. (1) A health board shall exempt from a fee a person applying for registration of a premises as a nursing home in which no person is maintained for private profit.

6. (2) A health board shall exempt from a fee a person applying for registration for the first time of a premises which was a home notified to a health board under the Health (Homes for Incapacitated Persons) Act, 1964 (No. 8 of 1964) on the day the Act is commenced.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Health this 30th day of July, 1993.

BRENDAN HOWLIN,

Minister for Health.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations set out the fees to be paid for a declaration and for the registration of nursing homes under Section 4 of the Health (Nursing Homes) Act, 1990 . The Regulations exempt voluntary nursing homes from registration fees and existing private nursing homes registering for the first time.