S.L. 452.34 Art. 2Field of operation of Wages Council.

(1) There shall be a Hospitals and Clinics Wages Council which shall operate for all employees in any private hospital, nursing or convalescent home, dental or other clinic including dental mechanics and medical or nursing institutions or similar establishments.

(2) Unless the context otherwise requires -"clinics" also includes ante-natal clinics, X-ray clinics and medical laboratories, and any other establishment where people go to be medically examined or to receive medical attention, but does not include any institution which is not run as a profitable concern; "hospital" means any institute of medico-surgical treatment, any maternity home or hydropathic establishment and includes homes for old aged persons, and sanatoria, excluding those charitable institutions identified as such by the Minister responsible for social policies.