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ACT II OF 2004 ACT II OF 2004 BALOCHISTAN PRIVAE HOSPITALS REGULATORY ACT, 2004 An Act to regulate the establishment, accreditation, licensing, control and supervision of Private Hospitals in the Province of Balochistan. [Gazette of Balochistan, Extraordinary, 8th May, 2004] No. PAB/Legis: V (14)2004, dated 8-5-2004.--The Balochistan Private Hospitals Regulatory Bill, 2004 having been passed by the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan on 27th April, 2004, and assented to by the Governor of Balochistan, is hereby published as an Act of the Provincial Assembly. It is hereby enacted as follows:-- 2. Definitions:---In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions shall have the meaning hereby respectively assigned to them, that is to say:-- (a) "Accreditation" means the process of officially, recognizing, registering, categorizing and licensing a hospital; (b) "License" means a licence granted to a private hospital under this Act; (c) "Private hospital" means any institution or premises established in the private sector where indoor medical treatment and care is provided to patients by provision of lying beds and where a patient can be admitted and kept for any duration of more than 24 hours with the intention of therapeutic intervention; (d) "Director/Administrator" means the administrative Head of the Institution or Premises; (e) "Proprietor" means the person/persons or society or association to whom the institution or premises belongs; (f) "Government" means the Government of Balochistan; (g) "Province" means the Province of Balochistan; (h) "Accredited private hospital" means a private hospital functioning under valid licence to provide clinical services in the Province, guaranteed to provide a certain level of professional quality according to its recognized category; (i) "Doctor/physician/surgeon" means a medical graduate holding MBBS or equivalent qualification recognized and registered by the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council. The term also includes a qualified, Dental Graduate holding BDS or equivalent qualification recognized and registered by the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council. The term also includes postgraduate doctors in any discipline recognized and registered by the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council. (j) "Executive District Officer Health" means the persons appointed by the Government to perform the functions of an Executive District Officer of Health in a particular district of the Province. (k) "Director General Health Services" means the .person appointed by the Government to perform the functions of Director General of Health Services of Balochistan; (l) "District Hospital Regulatory Board" means a Board established under section 3 of this Act in every district of the Balochistan.