Statute 65-512: Inspections.
It is hereby made the duty of the
secretary of health and environment to inspect or cause to be inspected at
least
once every 12 months every maternity center or child care facility, and for that purpose it
shall have the right of entry
and access thereto in every department and to every place in the premises,
shall call for and examine the records which are required to
be kept by the provisions of this act and shall make and preserve a record
of every inspection. The licensee shall give all reasonable information to
the authorized agent of the secretary of health and environment and shall
afford every reasonable facility for viewing the premises and seeing the
patients or children therein. No such patient or child without the
consent of the patient or child shall be required to be
interviewed
by any agent unless the agent is an authorized person or a
licensed physician.
History: L. 1919, ch. 210, § 12; R.S. 1923, 65-512;
L. 1974, ch. 352, § 91; L. 1975, ch. 52, § 22; L. 1978, ch. 236, § 9;
L. 1986, ch. 230, § 5;
L. 1994, ch. 279, § 13; July 1.