Health Act 2007

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1. Art. 1 Short title, collective citation and construction.
2. Art. 2 Interpretation.
3. Art. 3 Commencement.
4. Art. 4 Establishment day.
5. Art. 5 Expenses.
6. Art. 6 Establishment of Health Information and Quality Authority.
7. Art. 7 Object of the Authority.
8. Art. 8 Functions of Authority.
9. Art. 9 Investigations by Authority.
10. Art. 10 Standards set by Authority.
11. Art. 11 Admissibility of standards in court proceedings.
12. Art. 12 Provision of information to Authority.
13. Art. 13 Membership of Board.
14. Art. 14 Role of Board.
15. Art. 15 Conditions of office.
16. Art. 16 Resignations and casual vacancies.
17. Art. 17 Removal of members from office.
18. Art. 18 Meetings and procedures of Board.
19. Art. 19 Committees of Board.
20. Art. 20 Remuneration and expenses of members of Board and committees.
21. Art. 21 Chief executive officer of Authority.
22. Art. 22 Functions of chief executive officer.
23. Art. 23 Delegation of functions of chief executive officer.
24. Art. 24 Accountability of chief executive officer to Committee of Public Accounts.
25. Art. 25 Accountability of chief executive officer to other Oireachtas Committees.
26. Art. 26 Employees of Authority.
27. Art. 27 Superannuation.
28. Art. 28 Advisers.
29. Art. 29 Directions to Authority.
30. Art. 30 Corporate plan of Authority.
31. Art. 31 Determination by Minister of net expenditure limits for Authority.
32. Art. 32 Grants to Authority.
33. Art. 33 Submission of business plan.
34. Art. 34 Code of governance.
35. Art. 35 Accounts of Authority.
36. Art. 36 Gifts.
37. Art. 37 Annual report.
38. Art. 38 Assistance to other bodies.
39. Art. 39 Charges for services.
40. Art. 40 Office of Chief Inspector of Social Services.
41. Art. 41 Functions of chief inspector.
42. Art. 41A Review of specified incident by chief inspector
43. Art. 42 Accountability of chief inspector to Oireachtas Committees.
44. Art. 43 Inspectors of Social Services.
45. Art. 44 Plans and reports of Office of Chief Inspector.
46. Art. 45 Arrangements with Executive.
47. Art. 46 Prohibition against carrying on unregistered designated centre.
48. Art. 47 Prohibition against false or misleading applications for registration.
49. Art. 48 Applications for registration.
50. Art. 49 Register of designated centres.
51. Art. 50 Grant or refusal of registration.
52. Art. 51 Cancelling registration, varying conditions of registration or imposing new conditions, for cause.
53. Art. 51A Removal of condition of registration
54. Art. 52 Applications by registered providers.
55. Art. 53 Notice of certain proposed decisions of chief inspector.
56. Art. 54 Right to respond to notice of proposed decision.
57. Art. 55 Notice of decisions of chief inspector.
58. Art. 56 Required or prohibited conduct in relation to designated centre.
59. Art. 57 Appeal to District Court from decision of chief inspector respecting registration.
60. Art. 58 Chief inspector may seek District Court order enforcing certain decisions.
61. Art. 59 Chief inspector may seek District Court order for cancellation or variation of registration.
62. Art. 60 Ex parte interim order in proceedings under section 59.
63. Art. 61 Final determination of matters dealt with in an ex parte interim order under section 59.
64. Art. 62 Appeals to Circuit Court from decisions of District Court.
65. Art. 63 Status of chief inspector in court proceedings.
66. Art. 64 Care of residents on cancellation of registration.
67. Art. 65 Submission of information.
68. Art. 65A Submission of information to chief inspector in accordance with regulations under section 101B
69. Art. 65B Prohibition against submission of false or misleading information
70. Art. 66 Prohibition against closure of designated centre without notice.
71. Art. 67 Cancellation of registration on closure of designated centre.
72. Art. 68 Notice of appointment under law to take charge of designated centre.
73. Art. 69 Transitional provision for registration of existing designated centres.
74. Art. 69A Transitional provision in relation to amendment of certain time limits
75. Art. 70 Appointment by the Authority of authorised persons.
76. Art. 71 Appointment by Executive of persons to examine designated centres.
77. Art. 72 Appointment of qualified persons to assist chief inspector and inspectors in an inspection.
78. Art. 73 Right of entry and inspection by authorised person or chief inspector.
79. Art. 73A Right of entry and inspection by chief inspector (premises that are not registered)
80. Art. 73B Circumstances in which District Court may issue warrant for premises that is not registered
81. Art. 74 Requirement for occupier’s consent or District Court warrant to enter dwelling.
82. Art. 75 Further circumstances in which District Court may issue warrant.
83. Art. 76 Authorised person or chief inspector may be accompanied by Garda.
84. Art. 77 Prohibition against certain conduct in relation to inspections under section 73.
85. Art. 77A Reports of Authority or chief inspector
86. Art. 77B Prohibition against certain conduct in relation to inspections under section 73A
87. Art. 78 Reports of authorised persons, the chief inspector and inspectors.
88. Art. 78A Compliance notices
89. Art. 78B Chief inspector may publish information respecting certain persons
90. Art. 79 Offences.
91. Art. 80 Proceedings for offences.
92. Art. 81 Standards of integrity.
93. Art. 82 Codes of conduct.
94. Art. 83 Availability of codes of conduct.
95. Art. 84 Prohibition against unauthorised disclosure of confidential information.
96. Art. 85 Disqualification resulting from membership of either House of Oireachtas or of European Parliament or local authority.
97. Art. 86 Specified bodies.
98. Art. 87 Dissolution of specified bodies.
99. Art. 88 Transfer of employees of specified bodies to Authority.
100. Art. 89 Transfer of staff of Minister to Authority.
101. Art. 90 Transfer of employees of Executive to Authority.
102. Art. 91 Transfer of pension liabilities relating to former employees of specified bodies.
103. Art. 92 Transfer of property and liabilities to Authority.
104. Art. 93 Preservation of contracts, etc., and adaptation of references.
105. Art. 94 Records of specified bodies.
106. Art. 95 Pending legal proceedings.
107. Art. 96 Final accounts of specified bodies.
108. Art. 97 Final reports of specified bodies.
109. Art. 98 Regulations and orders.
110. Art. 99 Regulations governing registration under this Act.
111. Art. 100 Regulations respecting procedures for setting standards.
112. Art. 101 Regulations respecting designated centres.
113. Art. 101A Prescribed private health services
114. Art. 101B Regulations respecting submission of information to chief inspector concerning specified designated centres
115. Art. 102 Laying of regulations and orders before Houses of Oireachtas.
116. Art. 103 Protection of disclosures of information.
117. Art. 104 Repeals and revocations.
118. Art. 105 Amendment to other Acts.