Health Act 1970
F81[In-patient services.
51.—In this Part—
"acute in-patient services" means in-patient services provided—
(a) in a hospital for the care and treatment of patients with acute ailments (including psychiatric ailments), and
(b) to persons requiring medically acute care and treatment F82[(including care and treatment in respect of motherhood or termination of pregnancy)];
"in-patient services" means institutional services provided for persons while maintained in a hospital, convalescent home or home for persons suffering from physical or mental disability or in accommodation ancillary thereto;
"long-term residential care services" means long-term residential care services within the meaning of the Nursing Homes Support Scheme Act 2009.]
Annotations
Amendments:
F81
Substituted (2.09.2016) by Health (Amendment) Act 2013 (31/2013), s. 8, S.I. No. 466 of 2016.
F82
Substituted (1.01.2019) by Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 (31/2018), s. 26(b), S.I. No. 594 of 2018.