Private Hospitals (Licensing and Conduct of Private Psychiatric Hostels) Regulations 1997

The licence holder of a hostel must ensure that food the licence holder serves to the residents in the hostel is hygienically and properly stored, preserved and served.

The licence holder of a hostel must ensure that —

food is supplied in such quantities that the dietary allowances recommended by the National Health and Medical Research Council are provided by that food; and

residents receive fresh fruit and vegetables daily; and

residents on therapeutic diets or special diets are provided with food appropriate to those diets; and

a particular menu is not repeated at an interval of less than 4 weeks; and

standard food portion sizes are developed and used as a guide to preparing and serving food; and

components of a puree diet are prepared and served as individual food items; and

meals are served at reasonable hours, with breakfast not being served before 7 a.m., the midday meal not being served before 12 noon and the evening meal not being served before 5 p.m. and, if the evening meal is served before 5.30 p.m., supper is to be served between 7.30 p.m. and 9.30 p.m.

In subregulation (1) —

Subregulation (1) does not apply if the licence holder acts in accordance with a food exemption for the hostel approved under regulation 10A.