Malaysia legislation
Section 7
Section 7
The Director General, when registering a care centre, may impose such conditions as he thinks fit and proper, including conditions—
(a)
limiting the number of persons who may be received at the care centre at any time;
(b)
to ensure that any person employed at the care centre, whether in its management or otherwise, is a fit and proper person, whether as regards age or otherwise, to be employed at the care centre;
(c)
to ensure that the care centre will be adequately staffed by a sufficient number of persons with suitable qualifications or experience;
(d)
to ensure that the services for the care, control, custody, treatment, and training of the residents or the persons received for care at the care centre are well provided;
(e)
to ensure that adequate and balanced diets and sufficient rest and recreation are provided at the care centre;
(f)
to ensure that the care centre will be adequately and suitably equipped and maintained, particularly in the interests of health;
(g)
to ensure that adequate arrangements will be made for suitable and proper medical treatment, physiotherapy, psychotherapy, occupational therapy, or any other treatment, within a reasonable time, in respect of any
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ailment suffered by the residents or persons received for care at the care centre;
(h)
to ensure compliance at the care centre with any requirement of law or of any authority relating to the structure of the building, fire precautions, health, sanitation, and safety;
(i)
requiring the payment of such sum of money as may be determined by the Director General as a security deposit to ensure the compliance by the operator with the provisions of the Act, the regulations made under section 24, and the conditions imposed under this section, and for the protection and in the interests of the residents and persons received for care at the care centre.
Register of care centres