CHAPTER 317
MEDICAL AID SOCIETIES AND NURSING HOMES (DISSOLUTION AND PROHIBITION) ACT

Arrangement of Sections

   Section

   1.   Short title

   2.   Interpretation

   3.   Dissolution of Societies

   4.   Winding up of Societies

   5.   Prohibition of transfer of property of Societies

   6.   Prohibition of establishment and operation of medical aid societies and nursing homes

   7.   Consequences of dissolution of Societies

   8.   Closure of nursing homes

   9.   Offences

   10.   Regulations

AN ACT

to provide for the winding up and dissolution of medical aid societies; to prohibit the establishment and operation of medical aid societies and nursing homes; and to provide for matters connected with or incidental to the foregoing.

[1st August, 1975]

Act 21 of 1975,

Act 13 of 1994.

1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the Medical Aid Societies and Nursing Homes (Dissolution and Prohibition) Act.

2. Interpretation

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—

“consulting room” means any premises, other than a nursing home, used or intended to be used for the consultation, advice and treatment of patients, usually provided by a medical practitioner or a dental surgeon and includes a clinic but does not include—

      (a)   any consulting room maintained or controlled by the Government; or

      (b)   any institution or premises exempted by the Minister or the Council from the provisions of this Act or any other written law;

“Council” means the Medical Council of Zambia;

“maternity ward” means part of any premises in a hospital or nursing home used or intended to be used for the reception of pregnant women, or of women immediately after child-birth;

“nursing home” means any premises used or intended to be used for the reception of, and the provision of nursing care to, persons suffering from any disease, injury or infirmity, and includes a hospital or maternity ward in such hospital or nursing home but does not include—

      (a)   any hospital, maternity home or other like premises maintained or controlled by the Government; or

      (b)   any institution exempted by the Minister or the Council from the provisions of this Act or any other written law;

“Societies” means the Commercial and Industrial Medical Aid Society Limited and the Zambia Medical Aid Society Limited, companies registered under the Companies Act.