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CurrentOvercrowding
Part 3Conduct of private health facilities
36 Overcrowding
(1)
The licensee of a private health facility must not cause or permit the number of patients accommodated at any one time in a ward of the facility to exceed the number of patients specified in the licence in relation to that ward of the facility.
Maximum penalty—1,000 penalty units.
(2)
The licensee is not guilty of an offence under this section in respect of anything done in an emergency.
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