PART IVADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS APPLYING TO INDEPENDENT HOSPITALS

CHAPTER 1PATHOLOGY SERVICES, RESUSCITATION AND TREATMENT OF CHILDREN IN INDEPENDENT HOSPITALS

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1

The registered person shall prepare and implement a written statement of the policies to be applied and the procedures to be followed in the hospital in relation to resuscitation of patients, and shall review such statement annually.

2

The registered person shall ensure that the policies and procedures implemented in accordance with paragraph (1)—

a

take proper account of the right of all patients who are competent to do so to give or withhold consent to treatment;

b

are available on request to every patient and any person acting on behalf of a patient; and

c

are communicated to and understood by all employees and all medical practitioners with practising privileges who may be involved in decisions about resuscitation of a patient.