Source document: https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1697633957835.pdf (Antigua and Barbuda)
The Mount St. John’s Medical Centre (Amendment) Act, 2015 4 No.

9 of 2015 ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA [ L.S.]

I Assent, Rodney Williams, Governor-General.

19th June, 2015 ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA THE MOUNT ST. JOHN’S MEDICAL CENTRE (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2015 No.

9 of 2015 AN ACT to amend the Mount St. John’s Medical Centre Act, 2009 and for incidental and connected purposes.

ENACTED by the Parliament of Antigua and Barbuda as follows–– 1.
Short title This Act may be cited as the Mount St. John’s Medical Centre (Amendment) Act, 2015.

2.

Interpretation “Principal Act” means the Mount St. John’s Medical Centre Act, 2009.

3.

Amendment of section 2-Interpretation Section 2 of the principal Act is amended as follows: (a) by deleting the definition of “Chief Executive Officer” and “Director of Finance” (b) by inserting the following definitions in their appropriate alphabetical order.
THE MOUNT ST. JOHN’S MEDICAL CENTRE (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2015 No.

9 of 2015 [ Published in the Official Gazette Vol.

XXXV No.43 dated 23rd July, 2015] ————— Printed at the Government Printing Office, Antigua and Barbuda, by Ralph George, Government Printer —By Authority, 2015.

600—7.15 [Price $2.60] The Mount St. John’s Medical Centre (Amendment) Act, 2015 2 No.

9 of 2015 No.

9 of 2015 3 The Mount St. John’s Medical Centre (Amendment) Act, 2015.
THE MOUNT ST. JOHN’S MEDICAL CENTRE (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2015 ARRANGEMENT Sections 1.

Short title 2.

Interpretation 3.

Amendment of section 2-Interpretation 4.

Amendment of section 11- Appointment of Chief Excutive Officer and Director of Finance, Senior Management Personnel and Management Company 5.

Amendment of section 12-Appointment of Medical Director 6.

Amendment of section 15- Clinical Department and Services The Mount St. John’s Medical Centre (Amendment) Act, 2015 6 No.

9 of 2015 No.
9 of 2015 No.

9 of 2015 5 The Mount St. John’s Medical Centre (Amendment) Act, 2015.

(v) Maintenance and Engineering (vi) Laundry and Sewing (vii) Transportation (viii) Finance (ix) Human Resources (x) Related Personnel” 5.
Amendment of section 12-Appointment of Medical Director Section 12 of the principal Act is amended by deleting subsection (2) and substituting therefor the following–– “(2) The Medical Director shall be responsible to the Board for the supervision of the Medical and Dental care given to all patients of the hospital in accordance with the policies established by the Board”.

6.
6.

Amendment of section 15-Clinical Department and Services Section 15 (2) of the principal Act is amended by the deleting “Chief Executive Officer” and substitut- ing therefor “Director of Administration’.

Passed by the House of Representatives on the 23rd day of April, 2015.

Passed by the Senate on the 12th day of May, 2015.

Gerald Watt, Q.C., Speaker.

Alincia Williams Grant, President.

Faustina Joseph Clerk to the House of Representatives.

(Ag.)

Faustina Joseph Clerk to the Senate.

(Ag.)


“Director of Administration” means the person appointed to be Director of Administration under section 11.

“Financial Controller” means the person appointed to be Financial Controller under section 11.

4.
4.

Amendment of section 11 Section 11 of the principal Act is amended as follows: (a) by deleting the head note of section 11 and substituting therefor the following: “Appointment of Director of Administration, Financial Controller and Senior Management Personnel.
(b) by deleting subsection (1) and substitute the following:–– “(1) The Board may appoint at such remuneration, and on such terms and conditions as it consid- ers appropriate a Director of Administration” (c) by deleting subsection (2) (b) and substituting therefor the following–– “(2) A Financial Controller who shall be a full time officer of the Board and be responsible to the Board through the Director of Administration for the efficient management of the financial administra- tion of the hospital.” (d) in subsection (4), delete “instead of a Chief Executive Officer”.
(e) in subsection (5), delete ‘Director of Finance” and substitute the “ Financial Controller”.

(f) insert after subsection (5) the following new subsection–– “(6) The Director of Administration shall, subject to the provisions of the Act be responsible for the general administration of the hospital”.
“(7) Without prejudice to the provisions of subsection (1) the general administration of the hospi- tal include the administration and supervision of the following departments–– (i) Public Relations (ii) Information Technology (iii) Landscaping, Safety and Security (iv) Orderlies