Private Healthcare Facilities and Services Act 1998 · Updated to 1 Dec 2015 · Part XVII · Power of Minister
105. Social or welfare contribution
Official textFrom Laws of Malaysia Online, unchanged
The Minister may prescribe the type of social or welfare contribution or the quantum of social or welfare contribution that shall be provided, and the manner in which it shall be provided, by any private healthcare facility or service.
Minister
“Minister” means the Minister charged with the responsibility for health;
The Minister may, from time to time, amend the type of social or welfare contribution and the quantum of social or welfare contribution imposed under subsection (1).
A private healthcare facility or service shall provide the social or welfare contribution of the type and quantum prescribed under this section.
private healthcare facility
“private healthcare facility” means any premises, other than a Government healthcare facility, used or intended to be used for the provision of healthcare services or health-related services, such as a private hospital, hospice, ambulatory care centre, nursing home, maternity home, psychiatric hospital, psychiatric nursing home, community mental health centre, haemodialysis centre, medical clinic, dental clinic and such other healthcare or health-related premises as the Minister may from time to time, by notification in the Gazette, specify;
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Any private healthcare facility or service which fails to comply with subsection (3) commits an offence.
Terms defined in s 2
Minister
Defined · s 2“Minister” means the Minister charged with the responsibility for health;
prescribed
Defined · s 2“prescribed” means prescribed by the Minister by order or regulations made under this Act;
private healthcare facility
Defined · s 2“private healthcare facility” means any premises, other than a Government healthcare facility, used or intended to be used for the provision of healthcare services or health-related services, such as a private hospital, hospice, ambulatory care centre, nursing home, maternity home, psychiatric hospital, psychiatric nursing home, community mental health centre, haemodialysis centre, medical clinic, dental clinic and such other healthcare or health-related premises as the Minister may from time to time, by notification in the Gazette, specify;
Part XVIII
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