Private Healthcare Facilities and Services Act 1998 · Updated to 1 Dec 2015 · Part VI · Responsibilities of a Licensee, Holder of Certificate of Registration and Person in Charge
37. Incident reporting
Official textFrom Laws of Malaysia Online, unchanged
Notwithstanding any other report required by any other written law, a private healthcare facility or service shall report to the
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;
Director General, or any person authorized by him in that behalf, such unforeseeable and unanticipated incidents as may be prescribed.
Director General
“Director General” means the Director General of Health, Malaysia;
This section shall apply to any unforeseeable or unanticipated incident that occurs on or after the date of commencement of this Act.
Terms defined in s 2
Director General
Defined · s 2“Director General” means the Director General of Health, Malaysia;
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 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