Interpretation

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, “dispensary” means any place appointed by the Minister for the gratuitous treatment of sick persons, inclusive of medical advice, surgical aid, medicines and surgical appliances, but without accommodation for the residence of the sick, whether such place forms part of a hospital or not; “dues” includes all fees, charges, and funeral expenses, if any; “hospital” means any place appointed by the Minister for the reception, treatment and residence within such place during treatment of sick persons; “hospital servants” includes wardmen, attendants, cooks, and labourers appointed for the proper management of any medical “medical institutions” includes the mental hospital and all public hospitals, dispensaries, all hospitals in, or attached to, any prison or public institution in Belize; 8 “medical officer” includes the Director of Health Services and “medical practitioner” means any physician or surgeon who is authorised by law to practise and is actually practising; “medical subordinates” includes intendants, sub intendants, dressers, clerks, stewards, and nurses; “person of unsound mind” means an idiot or a person who is suffering from mental disease or derangement; “poor house” means any place appointed by the Minister for the reception and residence of indigent persons maintained at the public expense. Appointment, Duties, Remuneration of Medical and Subordinate Officers