Private Healthcare Facilities and Services Act 1998 · Updated to 1 Dec 2015 · Part VII · General Provisions Relating to Approval, Licence and Registration
40. Prohibition on extension and alteration
Official textFrom Laws of Malaysia Online, unchanged
No person shall make any structural or functional extension or alteration to any licensed private healthcare facility or service or to any part thereof which affects—
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;
the purpose for which the licensed private healthcare facility was established, maintained, operated or provided;
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any of the terms or conditions of the approval to establish or maintain or licence to operate or provide; or
the standards of the facilities or services provided, unless the prior written approval of the Director General is obtained.
An application for the extension or alteration under subsection (1)
shall be made to the Director General in the prescribed form and manner and shall be accompanied by the prescribed fee.
Director General
“Director General” means the Director General of Health, Malaysia;
If the Director General considers that an application under subsection (2) relates to proposals for extension or alterations—
that do not relate to or affect the care and safety of patients; or
that are minor in nature, the Director General may waive the fee payable, or refund the fee paid, under subsection (2) in relation to an application for approval of extension or alteration.
Any person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence.
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;
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);
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;
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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
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Power of Minister
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Miscellaneous
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