Nursing Homes Support Scheme Act 2009
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Review of care needs assessment. |
8.— Where the determination of the Executive under section 7 (8) is that a person does not need care services, that person or a specified person may— | |
(a) subject to paragraph (b), not earlier than 6 months after the date on which that determination was made, make a further application under that section for a care needs assessment, | ||
(b) before the expiration of 6 months after the date on which that determination was made, make a further application under that section for a care needs assessment if— | ||
(i) the person satisfies the Executive that, since the person’s last care needs assessment, there has been a material change in the person’s health or circumstances which warrants the application being made, or | ||
(ii) the application is accompanied by a certificate in the specified form— | ||
(I) issued by a registered medical practitioner who has— | ||
(A) seen the person’s most recent care needs assessment report, and | ||
(B) examined the person since the person’s most recent care needs assessment, | ||
(II) stating— | ||
(A) the date of the examination, and | ||
(B) that, in the opinion of the practitioner, there has been a material change in the person’s health or circumstances which warrants the application being made, and | ||
(III) signed by the practitioner. |