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Chapter: | 113
 | Title: | HOSPITAL AUTHORITY ORDINANCE | Gazette Number: | L.N. 130 of 2007 |
| Section: | 18 | Heading: | Fees for hospital services | Version Date: | 01/07/2007 |
For the saving and transitional provisions relating to the amendments made by the Resolution of the Legislative Council (L.N. 130 of 2007), see paragraph (12) of that Resolution.
(1) A Hospital Governing Committee may, subject to any directions given to it under subsection (5), determine the fees payable for hospital services provided by the public hospital for which it is established.
(2) At any time when there is no Hospital Governing Committee established for a public hospital, the Authority may, subject to any directions given to it under subsection (6), determine the fees payable for hospital services provided by the public hospital.
(3) A Hospital Governing Committee in a determination under subsection (1), and the Authority in a determination under subsection (2), may, subject to any directions given to it under subsection (5) or (6), as the case may be, specify, either generally or specifically, the circumstances in which, and by whom, a fee for a hospital service provided by the public hospital to which the determination relates may be reduced, waived or refunded, in whole or in part.
(4) Where a Hospital Governing Committee has made a determination under subsection (1), or the Authority has made a determination under subsection (2), it shall, as soon as practicable, and subject to any directions given to it under subsection (5) or (6), as the case may be, cause the determination made by it to be published in the Gazette.
(5) The Authority may, subject to any directions given to it under subsection (6), give directions in writing of a general or specific character to a Hospital Governing Committee in relation to the exercise of its power under subsection (1) or (3), or the performance of its duty under subsection (4), and the Hospital Governing Committee shall comply with those directions.
(6) The Secretary for Food and Health may give directions in writing of a general or specific character to the Authority in relation to the exercise of its power under subsection (2), (3) or (5), or the performance of its duty under subsection (4), and the Authority shall comply with those directions. (Amended L.N. 106 of 2002; L.N. 130 of 2007)
(Enacted 1990)