3. Staff – Qualifications and Adequacy
Medical practitioners not on the staff of the institution will be allowed to practise in the institution only with the permission of the superintendent of the Private Hospital, and provided that they are qualified to do so. The hospital staff shall consist of the registered licensed or enrolled persons and servants and employees as are in the opinion of the Board competent and qualified to give adequate care to the number and type of patients for which this licence is granted, provided however that in the case of private hospitals licensed under section 8(1) (a), (b) and (c) the ratio of nursing staff to patients on any one shift should be 4:20 of whom at least one should be a registered nurse. The remainder of the staff may be composed of nursing assistants and provided also that persons referred to in section 21(d) and servants and employees shall not directly care for the sick nor be employed to render services for which professional licensing is required.