S.I. No. 224/1993 - Health (In-Patient Services) Regulations, 1993.

S.I. No. 224 of 1993.

HEALTH (IN-PATIENT SERVICES) REGULATIONS, 1993.

The Minister for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 72 (1) of the Health Act, 1970 (No. 1 of 1970 ) hereby makes the following Regulations:

1 Citation.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Health (In-Patient Services) Regulations, 1993.

2 Commencement.

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

3 Interpretation.

3. "The Act" means the Health Act, 1970 .

4 Services made available under Section 52 of the Act.

4. If, under Section 52 of the Act, a health board makes available in-patient services in a home for persons suffering from a physical or mental disability which is a home registered under the Health (Nursing Homes) Act, 1990 , (No. 23 of 1990) it shall do so in accordance with the provisions of that Act and any Regulations made under that Act.

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 amend Section 52 of the Health Act, 1970 . It provides that where a health board makes available in-patient services for persons in a home registered under the Health (Nursing Homes) Act, 1990 it shall do so in accordance with the Act and the Regulations made under the Act.