Regulations Relating to the Criteria and Process for the Clustering of Primary Health Care Facilities, 2017 (Provincial Notice 218 of 2017)
South Africa
Regulations Relating to the Criteria and Process for the Clustering of Primary Health Care Facilities, 2017
Provincial Notice 218 of 2017
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Published in Western Cape Provincial Gazette no. 7853 on 7 December 2017
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Commenced on 7 December 2017
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In these regulations a word or expression to which a meaning has been assigned in the Act has the same meaning, and—"the Act" means the Western Cape Health Facility Boards and Committees Act, 2016 (Act 4 of 2016). Where a Committee is established for a group of primary health care facilities contemplated in section 4(4)(b) of the Act, the Provincial Minister must determine the group by having regard to—(a)the geographic distance between the primary health care facilities;(b)the size and distribution of the population served by the primary health care facilities;(c)the service volume of the primary health care facility. Before the Provincial Minister determines a group of primary health care facilities contemplated in section 4(4)(b) of the Act he or she must—(a)request the recommendations of the district health managers in the health districts concerned, who must take into account the criteria specified in regulation 2(a) to (c); and(b)duly consider the recommendations submitted in terms of paragraph (a) in accordance with regulation 2. These regulations are called the Regulations Relating to the Criteria and Process for the Clustering of Primary Health Care Facilities, 2017.1. Interpretation
2. Criteria for clustering primary health care facilities
3. Process for clustering primary health care facilities
4. Short title