Hospital Fees Act, 1971 🇬🇭

Ghana 1 Citing Cases

Republic of Ghana

The three hundred and eighty-seventh

Act

of the parliament of the republic of ghana

entitled

Hospital Fees Act, 1971

Assented to on 6 October 1971
Commenced on 1 October 1971

AN ACT to regulate the fees payable in respect of hospital services, and for matters connected therewith.BE IT ENACTED by the President and the National Assembly in this present Parliament assembled as follows—

1. Hospital Fees.

(1)Subject to the provisions of this Act, any person who receives services at a hospital shall pay for those services the prescribed basic fees.

(2)Except as provided by this Act and regulations made thereunder, no person shall be liable to pay any fees in respect of services rendered to him in a hospital.

2. General Exemptions from Hospital Fees.

No fees shall be paid in respect of services rendered in a hospital to—

(a)any person certified in writing by a medical officer to be unable to pay those fees on the ground of poverty;

(b)any person suffering from such disease or condition a…

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