AI-assisted research summary: The Committee may make and recover charges for accommodation services for long-stay hospital patients over 65, and may also remit, defer, and recover those charges as a civil debt.
Jersey Law 2/1999 HOSPITAL CHARGES (LONG-STAY PATIENTS) (JERSEY) LAW 1999 ____________ A LAW to provide for the making and recovery of certain charges in respect of patients over the age of 65 receiving long-term hospital care, and for connected purposes sanctioned by Order of Her Majesty in Council of the 16th day of DECEMBER 1998 ____________ (Registered on the 22nd day of January 1999) ____________ STATES OF JERSEY ____________ The 8th day of September 1998 ____________ T HE STATES, subject to the sanction of Her Most Excellent Majesty in Council, have adopted the following Law – ARTICLE 1 (1) In this Law, unless the context otherwise requires – “accommodation services” means accommodation, meals, and other facilities provided to patients in connection with their stay in hospital, but does not mean clinical services; “clinical services” includes medical, surgical, pharmaceutical and nursing services, the supply of drugs and medicines and any other services for the diagnosis or treatment of illness; “the Committee” means the Health and Social Services Committee; “hospital” means any institution for the reception and treatment of persons – (a) suffering from any illness (including any mental disorder within the meaning of the Mental Health (Jersey) Law 1969 1 ), injury or disability; or (b) requiring convalescence or medical rehabilitation; “long-stay patient” means a patient who, in the opinion of the registered medical practitioner responsible for his treatment, is unlikely to leave hospital; “prescribed” means prescribed by Order made by the Committee; “registered medical practitioner” has the same meaning as in paragraph (1) of Article 1 of the Medical Practitioners (Jersey) Law 1960. 2 (2) Unless the context otherwise requires, where this Law refers to an enactment, the reference is to that enactment as amended, and includes a reference to that enactment as extended or applied by or under any other enactment. ARTICLE 2 (1) The Committee may by Order provide for the making and recovery by the Committee, in such manner and in such circumstances as may be prescribed, of such charges as may be prescribed in respect of any accommodation services provided to long-stay hospital patients over the age of 65. (2) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1) of this Article, such an Order may provide for the remission or deferment of the whole or part of any charges otherwise recoverable under this Law in such circumstances as may be prescribed. (3) An Order under this Article may – (a) make different provision in relation to different cases or circumstances; (b) contain such transitional, consequential, incidental or supplementary provisions as appear to the Committee to be necessary or expedient for the purposes of the Order. (4) The Subordinate Legislation (Jersey) Law 1960 3 shall apply to Orders made under this Law. ARTICLE 3 Without prejudice to any other method of recovery, the Committee may recover any charges recoverable under this Law as a civil debt. ARTICLE 4 This Law may be cited as the Hospital Charges (Long-Stay Patients) (Jersey) Law 1999. G.H.C. COPPOCK Greffier of the States. 1 Volume 1968–1969, page 345. 2 Tome VIII, page 829. 3 Tome VIII, page 849.