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Health Institutions Registration

Health Professions Act Chapter 27:19 Section 100

1) The Authority (referring to the Health Professions Authority of Zimbabwe) shall establish and cause to be maintained a register of health institutions in which shall be recorded –

  1. a) such particulars of all registered institutions as may be prescribed by the Authority; and
  2. b) any conditions subject to which any health institution has been registered; and
  3. c) the cancellation, suspension or renewal of the registration of any health institution.

2) Any member of the public shall be entitled to inspect the register, free of charge, at all reasonable times at the offices of the Authority.

Application for registration of health institution

Health Professions Act Chapter 27:19 Section 101

1) An application for the registration of any health institution shall be made to the appropriate practice control committee in the form prescribed by the council and shall be accompanied the prescribed fee, if any.

2) On receipt of an application in terms of subsection (1), the practice control committee may –

  1. a) Cause such investigation or inquiry to be conducted as it considers necessary or desirable, including the hearing of evidence from the applicant; and
  2. b) Where necessary, require the applicant to provide further particulars concerning the health institution concerned and the use to which it is to be put.

3) Any person who, in an application in terms of subsection (1) or in response to any inquiry or request made in terms of subsection (2), makes any statement which he knows to be false or does not believe on reasonable grounds to be true shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars or imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year or to both such fine and imprisonment.

Registration of health institution.

Health Professions Act Chapter 27:19 Section 103

Where a practice control committee authorizes the registration of a health institution, whether with or without conditions, it shall without delay notify the applicant and the Secretary-General of its decision, and the Secretary-General shall there upon –

  1. a) Cause the particulars of the health institution concerned to be entered in the register of health institutions, together with a note of any conditions imposed in terms of subsection (2) of section 102 (HPA); and
  2. b) Cause the applicant to be issued with a registration certificate in the form prescribed by the Authority, which certificate shall show the purpose for which the health institution is registered and any conditions imposed on its registration in terms of subsection (2) of section 102 (HPA).