Interpretation

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, “Authority” means the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital Authority established under section 3 of this Act; “Board” means the Board of Governors of the Authority established under section 10 of this Act; “Chairperson” means the Chairperson of the Board appointed under section 11(2) of this Act; “Chief Executive Officer” means the Chief Executive Officer of the Hospital appointed under section 8 (1) of this Act; “Governor” means a member of the Board of Governors of the Authority as provided in section 11 of this Act; “Hospital” means the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital; 6 Memorial Hospital Authority “Minister” means the Minister for the time being to whom the subject of Health is assigned by the Governor-General pursuant to section 41 of the Belize Constitution, Cap. 4; “secondary care”, in relation to service provided to patients of the Hospital, means in-patient and out-patient services offered by specialists and other health providers and includes general surgery, internal medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynaecology; “tertiary care” in relation to patients of the Hospital, includes all sub-specialties and fine specialties of the secondary care specialties.