Section 13: Certificate of Standards

(1)
without being in possession of a certificate of Standards, a person, entity, government or organization shall not-
(a)
establish, construct, modiff or acquire a health establishment, health agency or health technology ;
(b)
increase the number of beds in, or acquire prescribed health technolory at a health establishment or health agency ;
(c) provide prescribed health services ; or
(d)
continue to operate a health establishment, health agency or health technology after the expiration of 24 months from the date this Act took effect.
(2) The Certificate of Standards referred to in sub-section (1) of this section may be obtained by application in prescribed manner from the appropriate body of government where the facility is located.
(3) In the case of tertiary institutions, the appropriate authority shall be the National Tertiary Health Institutions Standards Committee, acting through the Federal Ministry of Health.