Section 22: Functions of the Zonal Offices.

A Zonal Office shall be responsible in the zone for-(a) determining the areas in which there are sufficient services for the Scheme to operate;
(b) strategic planning for the successful implementation of the Scheme;
(c) undertaking programmes for phasing-in the Scheme;
(d) maintaining a register of health care providers;
(e) inspecting health care providers and their facilities to ensure that they maintain good quality services;
(f) developing health care services in areas where those services are not adequate;
(g) collecting statistics on consultations and admissions to hospitals, including length of stay;
(h) preparing reports, accounts, and statistical returns and forwarding them to the Council;
(i) the general administration of the Scheme;
(j) promoting the good relations of the Scheme;
(k) doing such things which, by this Act or any other enactment, are required or permitted to be done by the Scheme as may, from time to time, be directed by the Council.