Hospital Licensing Regime Readjusted

The Minister of Health (“Minister”) has finally unified various provisions on the organization of hospitals as health facilities through the issuance of Regulation No. 30 of 2019 on the Classification and Licensing of Hospitals (“Regulation 30/2019”). The new framework codifies and repeals the following regulations:[1]

1. Regulation of the Minister No. 659/Menkes/Per/VIII/2009 on World-Class Hospitals;
2. Regulation of the Minister No. 340/Menkes/PER/III/2010 on the Classification of Hospitals;
3. Regulation of the Minister No. 56 of 2014 on the Classification and Licensing of Hospitals (“Regulation 56/2014”); and
4. Regulation of the Minister No. 26 of 2018 on the Electronically Integrated Business Licensing Service within the Health Sector (“Regulation 26/2018”), specifically on matters pertaining to requirements for the licensing of hospitals.