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Amendment of section 8 of Act of 2007
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63. Section 8 of the Act of 2007 is amended—
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(a) in subsection (1)—
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(i) in paragraph (b)—
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(I) in subparagraph (i), by the substitution of “a service provider to which paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of the definition of service provider applies” for “a service provider ”, and
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(II) by the substitution of “and advise the Minister, the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs” for “in this section called the ‘services’, and advise the Minister, the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs”,
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(ii) by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (b):
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“(ba) to set standards on safety and quality in relation to services provided by a service provider to which paragraph (d) of the definition of service provider applies or a person carrying on the business of providing prescribed private health services;”,
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(iii) in paragraph (c), by the substitution of “paragraphs (b) and (ba)” for “paragraph (b)”,
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(iv) in paragraph (e), by the substitution of “services referred to in paragraph (b)” for “services”,
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(v) in paragraphs (f), (g) and (i), by the substitution of “services referred to in paragraph (b) or (ba)” for “services” in each place that it occurs,
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(vi) by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (k):
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“(k) to set standards as the Authority considers appropriate for the Executive, the Agency, service providers or a person carrying on the business of providing prescribed private health services respecting data and information in their possession in relation to services and the health and welfare of the population;”,
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and
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(vii) in paragraph (l), by the substitution of “the Executive, the Agency, service providers and persons carrying on the business of providing prescribed private health services” for “the Executive and service providers”,
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and
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(b) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (1):
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“(1A) The Authority may, in setting standards referred to in subsections (1)(b), (1)(ba) or (1)(k), set different standards for different categories of services referred to in those subsections.”.
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