Private Healthcare Facilities and Services Act 1998 · Updated to 1 Dec 2015 · Part IV
24. Power to vary terms or conditions, or purpose of approval or licence
Official textFrom Laws of Malaysia Online, unchanged
The Director General may, on an application in writing to him, vary the terms or conditions of the approval to establish or maintain or licence to operate or provide a private healthcare facility or service by endorsement thereon or otherwise in writing by altering, in such manner as he thinks fit, the purpose or purposes to which the private healthcare facility or service is established, or maintained, or operated or provided, or the type of healthcare facility or service for which the licence is in force.
Director General
“Director General” means the Director General of Health, Malaysia;
Terms defined in s 2
approval to establish or maintain
Defined · s 2“approval to establish or maintain” means approval to establish or maintain a private healthcare facility or service other than a private medical clinic or a private dental clinic granted under paragraph 12(a);
Director General
Defined · s 2“Director General” means the Director General of Health, Malaysia;
healthcare facility
Defined · s 2“healthcare facility” means any premises in which one or more members of the public receive healthcare services;
licence to operate or provide
Defined · s 2“licence to operate or provide” means a licence to operate or provide a private healthcare facility or service other than a private medical clinic or private dental clinic granted under paragraph 19(a);
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 V
Registration of a Private Medical Clinic and a Private Dental Clinic
Part VI
Responsibilities of a Licensee, Holder of Certificate of Registration and Person in Charge
Part VII
General Provisions Relating to Approval, Licence and Registration
Part VIII
Part IX
Closure of Private Healthcare Facilities or Services
Part X
Blood Bank
Part XI
Blood Transfusion Services
Part XII
Mortality Assessment
Part XIII
Quality of Healthcare Facilities and Services
Part XIV
Board of Management and Advisory Committee
Part XV
Managed Care Organization
Part XVI
Enforcement
Part XVII
Power of Minister
Part XVIII
Miscellaneous
Part XIX