Health (Nursing Homes) Act 1990
Number 23 of 1990
HEALTH (NURSING HOMES) ACT 1990
REVISED
Updated to 23 July 2025
This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Health (Nursing Homes) Act 1990. It is prepared by the Law Reform Commission in accordance with its function under the Law Reform Commission Act 1975 (3/1975) to keep the law under review and to undertake revision and consolidation of statute law.
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Number 23 of 1990
HEALTH (NURSING HOMES) ACT 1990
REVISED
Updated to 23 July 2025
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Section |
PART 1
Preliminary and General
Prohibition of unregistered nursing homes. (Repealed) |
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Registration of nursing homes. (Repealed) |
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Appeals. (Repealed) |
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Regulations in relation to standards in nursing homes. (Repealed) |
PART 2
Subventions for Dependent Persons in Nursing Homes
PART 3
Fees, Temporary Management of Nursing Homes and Boarding Out
Temporary management of nursing homes by health boards. (Repealed) |
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PART 4
Miscellaneous
Short title, construction, collective citation and commencement. |
Acts Referred to |
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1964, No. 8 |
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1970, No. 1 |
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1945, No. 19 |
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1851, c. 93 |
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1934, No. 14 |
Number 23 of 1990
HEALTH (NURSING HOMES) ACT 1990
REVISED
Updated to 23 July 2025
AN ACT TO MAKE FURTHER PROVISION IN RELATION TO NURSING HOMES FOR DEPENDENT PERSONS AND, FOR THAT PURPOSE TO PROVIDE FOR THE REGISTRATION BY HEALTH BOARDS OF SUCH HOMES, TO PROVIDE FOR THE BOARDING OUT BY HEALTH BOARDS OF DEPENDENT PERSONS AND TO PROVIDE FOR CONNECTED MATTERS. [21st July, 1990]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:
Annotations
Modifications (not altering text):
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Functions transferred (1.01.2005) by Health Act 2004 (42/2004), s. 59 and sch. 3, S.I. No. 887 of 2004, subject to transitional provisions in s. 74 and sch. 5.
Transfer of functions of specified bodies to Executive.
59.—(1) The functions that, immediately before the establishment day, were the functions of a specified body under or in connection with the enactments referred to in Schedule 3 are, by this Act, transferred to the Executive on that day.
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SCHEDULE 3
Transfer of Functions and References to Functional Areas
Section 59 and 67.
1. Health Acts 1947 to 2001
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Editorial Notes:
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Previous affecting provision: application of Act extended (1.09.1993) by Health (In-Patient Services) Regulations 1993 (S.I. No. 224 of 1993), art. 4, in effect as per art. 2; revoked (8.06.2007) by Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Act 2007 (1/2007), s. 9, S.I. No. 409 of 2007.