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| (1) It shall be lawful for any authorized officer, without prior notice, at any time by day or night, to enter any Private Medical Institution, or any premises appertaining thereto, and do all such acts as may be reasonably necessary for the purpose of carrying out any inspection, examination, investigation or survey, for the purposes of this Act. |
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| (2) Nothing in the preceding provisions of this section shall be deemed or construed to authorize any person to inspect any medical record relating to any patient in an institution unless there is a special authorization by the Council to inspect any records, other than confidential information which requires the sanction of Court. |
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| (3) Every person who resists or obstructs such authorized officer by the Council in the exercise of the powers conferred by the preceding provisions of this section shall be guilty of an offence under this Act. |
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| (4) For the purpose of this section "authorised officer" means the Provincial Director of Deputy Provincial Director of Health Services of the respective Provincial Council or any other officer, as may on the recommendation of the Council be appointed by the Minister by Order published in the Gazette. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts