(3) A person that is not a licensee commits an offence if the person uses any prescribed term or name, or any abbreviation or derivative of that prescribed term or name, in any language, to convey the impression that the person provides any service, or engages in any activity, that is the same or similar to a service or an activity which may be provided only by a person authorised to provide a licensable healthcare service under a licence granted under this Act.
(4) A person that is guilty of an offence under subsection (3) shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $1,000 for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction.
Use of licensed premises or licensed conveyance for other purposes
30.—(1) Subject to subsection (3), a licensee must not use, or allow any other person to use, the whole or any part of any licensed premises or licensed conveyance for any purpose other than—
- (a) the provision of a licensable healthcare service which the licensee is authorised to provide under the licence;
- (b) the provision of any service, or carrying out of any activity, that is incidental to the provision of the licensable healthcare service in paragraph (a); or
- (c) the provision of any healthcare service which is not licensable and is prescribed, subject to any conditions prescribed.
(2) The Director may, subject to any conditions that the Director may impose, permit a licensee to use, or allow any other person to use, any part (but not the whole) of any licensed premises or licensed conveyance for any purpose that is not mentioned in subsection (1).
(3) Except where provided in subsections (1)(b) and (c) and (2), a person that is not a licensee must not use the whole or any part of any licensed premises or licensed conveyance for any purpose.
