Health (Amendment) Act 2013
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PART 3 Amendment of Health Act 1970 | ||
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Amendment of section 51 of Act of 1970. |
8.— The Act of 1970 is amended by the substitution of the following for section 51: | |
“In-patient services. | ||
51.— In this Part— | ||
‘acute in-patient services’ means in-patient services provided— | ||
(a) in a hospital for the care and treatment of patients with acute ailments (including psychiatric ailments), and | ||
(b) to persons requiring medically acute care and treatment (including care and treatment in respect of motherhood); | ||
‘in-patient services’ means institutional services provided for persons while maintained in a hospital, convalescent home or home for persons suffering from physical or mental disability or in accommodation ancillary thereto; | ||
‘long-term residential care services’ means long-term residential care services within the meaning of the Nursing Homes Support Scheme Act 2009 .”. |