Private Healthcare Facilities and Services Act 1998 · Updated to 1 Dec 2015 · Part XIX · Saving and Transitional Provisions
122. Saving and transitional provisions relating to existing private medical clinics and private dental clinics
Official textFrom Laws of Malaysia Online, unchanged
A person who immediately before the date of commencement of this Act was maintaining or operating a private medical clinic or private dental clinic may continue to maintain, provide or operate the private medical clinic or private dental clinic without registration under this Act if within the first six months of the date of commencement of this Act an application for registration is made under this Act.
private medical clinic
“private medical clinic” means any premises, other than a Government healthcare facility, used or intended to be used for the practice of medicine on an outpatient basis including— (a) the screening, diagnosis or treatment of any person suffering from, or believed to be suffering from, any disease, injury or disability of mind or body; (b) preventive or promotive healthcare services; and (c) the curing or alleviating of any abnormal condition of the human body by the application of any apparatus, equipment, instrument or device;
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private dental clinic
Defined · s 2“private dental clinic” means any premises, other than a Government healthcare facility, used or intended to be used for the practice of dentistry and includes premises used by any person— (a) to treat or attempt to treat or profess to treat, cure, relieve or prevent any disease, deficiency or lesion or pain of the human teeth or jaws; (b) to perform or attempt to perform any operation on human teeth or jaws; (c) to perform any radiographic work in connection with human teeth or jaws or the oral cavity; or (d) to give any treatment, advice or attendance on or to any person in connection with the fitting or insertion for the purpose of fitting or fixing of artificial teeth or of a crown or bridge or an appliance for the restoration or regulation of the human teeth or jaws;
private medical clinic
Defined · s 2“private medical clinic” means any premises, other than a Government healthcare facility, used or intended to be used for the practice of medicine on an outpatient basis including— (a) the screening, diagnosis or treatment of any person suffering from, or believed to be suffering from, any disease, injury or disability of mind or body; (b) preventive or promotive healthcare services; and (c) the curing or alleviating of any abnormal condition of the human body by the application of any apparatus, equipment, instrument or device;