IREC Rule No.613: Option For Hospital Diet

613.  Option For Hospital Diet:-

The patient not entitled to free diet must give in writing whether he prefers to have his own diet or wants to get hospital diet on payment as prescribed. Patients who have exercised their option for hospital diet to start with will not ordinarily be allowed to change over to own diet during the stay in hospital and vice-versa.

[Authority: Items (51) of Appendix VII-GIII, Section III of Chapter XIV of the IREM and No.MH59NES/418 Med, 04.11.1960, No.61M7H/1/32, 04.09.1961, No.PC68/D-1/4, 06.06.1970, No.72/H/6-3/12, 16.08.1972, No.75/H/6-1/9, 16.07.1977, No.79/H/6-3/14, 25.11.1979]