National Health Act, 2003 (Act No. 61 of 2003)

Chapter 6 : Health Establishments

Purchase

(1)	The Minister must prescribe mechanisms to enable a co-ordinated relationship between private and public health establishments in the delivery of health services.

(2)	The national department, any provincial department or any municipality may enter into an agreement with any private practitioner, private health establishment or non-governmental organisation in order to achieve any object of this Act.

(3)	An agreement contemplated in subsection (2) must comply with the Public Finance Management Act, 1999 (Act No. 1 of 1999), or any municipal finance management legislation, as the case may be.