If you wish to run a private hospital, you will require a licence under commercial law.
Commercial law defines a hospital as a facility which serves to cure and care for patients and which provides board and accommodation for in-patients. This facility may be
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a private hospital
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a private birthing facility
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a private nerve clinic, or
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a combination of these facilities.
Homes in which mentally ill or mentally disabled persons are accommodated and where there is only occasional medical care are not private hospitals.
Note: Public facilities and those that are run for non-profit, charitable or scientific purposes do not require a license.
You do not have to be a doctor in order to obtain a licence.
Each licence is issued for one specific natural person or legal entity. If the company is a partnership, each executive partner will require his or her own licence.
Note: This concession does not replace other permits and licences prescribed by law.