asked the Minister for Health the different regulations made under the Health Act, 1953, since the Act became law, indicating the effect of the regulations on the different sections of the Act.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Health Act Regulations.
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With your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, I will circulate with the Official Report a statement listing the regulations in question, the sections of the Act with which they are concerned and the general purpose of each set of the regulations.
Following is the statement:
Table of Regulations under Health Act, 1953.
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Title of Regulations |
Sections of Health Act, 1953 and purposes of Regulations |
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1. General Medical Services Regulations, 1954 (S.I. No. 102 of 1954). |
Section 14: These Regulations prescribe the manner in which the general medical service and the other services under the section are provided and deal with the establishment of entitlement to the general medical service. |
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2. General Medical Services (Amendment) Regulations, 1954 (S.I. No. 159 of 1954). |
Section 14: These Regulations clarify that the general medical service made available under the above-named Regulations does not include maternity services, which are provided under the Maternity and Child Health Services Regulations. A number of other adjustments and textual alterations are made in the main Regulations. |
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3. General Medical Services (Amendment) Regulations, 1955 (S.I. No. 49 of 1955). |
Section 14: These Regulations relate to the records kept in connection with the general medical services. They provide for the keeping of clinical records in a confidential manner. |
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4. General Institutional and Specialist Services Regulations, 1954 (S.I. No. 100 of 1954). |
Sections 15 and 25: These Regulations prescribe the manner in which institutional and specialist services may be obtained by eligible persons and specify the scope of these services. Ancillary provisions to these are also included. |
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5. General Institutional and Specialist Services (Amendment) Regulations, 1955 (S.I. No. 47 of 1955). |
Section 15: These Regulations relate to the records kept in connection with the general institutional and specialist services. They provided for the keeping of clinical records in a confidential manner. |
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6. General Institutional and Specialist Services (Amendment) Regulations, 1956 (S.I. No. 43 of 1956). |
Section 15: These Regulations modify in detail the categories of persons for whom institutional and specialist services are provided and make a number of textual alterations in the earlier Regulations relating to these services. |
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7. General Institutional and Specialist Services (Amendment) Regulations, 1956 (S.I. No. 266 of 1958). |
Section 15: Textual amendments were effected by these Regulations, arising from the alterations in the classes eligible for general institutional and specialist services made by the Health and Mental Treatment (Amendment) Act, 1958, and the Social Welfare (Amendment) Act, 1958. |
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8. Maternity and Child Health Services Regulations, 1954 (S.I. 98 of 1954). |
Sections 16 to 20 and 25: These Regulations prescribe the manner of operating the services for the provision of medical care for mothers and infants (including the provision of midwifery and nursing) and the provision of child welfare clinics and school health examination and treatment services. Dental, ophthalmic and aural services for children are also covered by the Regulations. |
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9. Maternity and Child Health Services (Amendment) Regulations, 1954 (S.I. No. 158 of 1954) |
Sections 16 and 17: These Regulations temporarily limited the provision of maternity and infant care services to the lower income group, set out the form of agreement to be entered into between a health authority and a medical practitioner providing services under Section 16, and made a number of minor textual alterations to the earlier regulations. |
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10. Maternity and Child Health Services (Amendment) Regulations, 1955 (S.I. No. 48 of 1955) |
Sections 16 to 20: These Regulations relate to the records kept in connection with the services. They provide for keeping of clinical records in a confidential manner. |
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11. Maternity and Child Health Services (Amendment) Regulations, 1956 (S.I. No. 44 of 1956) |
Sections 16 and 17: These Regulations extended the group for whom maternity and child health services might be provided to include the middle income group and made some textual amendments in the earlier regulations. |
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12. Maternity and Child Health Services (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 1956 (S.I. No. 142 of 1956) |
Section 16: These Regulations make minor textual alterations in the form of agreement between medical practitioners and health authorities for the provision of maternity and infant care services. |
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13. Maternity and Child Health Services (Amendment) Regulations, 1958 (S.I. No. 265 of 1958) |
Sections 16 and 17: These Regulations make amendments in the regulations governing the Maternity and Child Health Services arising from the alterations in the classes eligible for these services made by the Health and Mental Treatment (Amendment) Act, 1958 and the Social Welfare (Amendment) Act, 1958. |
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14. Maternity Cash Grants Regulations, 1953 (S.I. No. 410 of 1953) |
Section 23: These Regulations prescribe the conditions for the payment of a cash grant of £4 to women in the lower income group in respect of maternity. |
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15. Milk for Mothers and Children Regulations, 1954 (S.I. No. 97 of 1954) |
Section 24: These Regulations prescribe conditions for the supply of milk to expectant or nursing mothers and children under five years of age in the lower income group. |
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16. Consultative Health Committees (Dublin, Cork and Waterford) Regulations, 1954 (S.I. No. 73 of 1954) |
Section 48: These Regulations provide for the establishment of Consultative Health Committees in the areas mentioned and for their constitution and the functions to be exercised by them. |
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17. Consultative Health Committees (Dublin, Cork and Waterford) (Amendment) Regulations, 1955 (S.I. No. 31 of 1954) |
Section 48: Certain alterations in the composition of the above-mentioned Committees are made by these Regulations. |
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18. Disabled Persons (Maintenance Allowances) Regulations, 1954 (S.I. No. 207 of 1954) |
Section 50: These Regulations deal with the payment of a weekly allowance (maximum £1) to persons in the lower income group who are likely to be disabled for more than a year. |
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19. Disabled Persons (Maintenance Allowances) (Amendment) Regulations, 1957 (S.I. No. 51 of 1957) |
Section 50: The effect of these Regulations is to permit authorised medical officers, in addition to the County Medical Officer, to certify applicants for disablement allowances, to amend the position regarding entitlement to such allowances of persons in institutions, and to require a recipient to notify the health authority of any alteration in the factors governing his eligibility for the allowance. |
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20. Institutional Assistance Regulations, 1954 (S.I. No. 103 of 1954) |
Section 54: These regulations prescribe the manner of giving institutional assistance in county homes and similar institutions. |
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21. Boarding-out of Children Regulations, 1954 (S.I. No. 101 of 1954) |
Section 55: These Regulations deal with the boarding out of the classes of children for whom the health authority may make such arrangements under the Health Act, the requirements to be complied with in connection therewith, and the periodic inspection of homes in which children are placed. |