Private Healthcare Facilities and Services Act 1998 · Updated to 1 Dec 2015 · Part VII · General Provisions Relating to Approval, Licence and Registration
41. Transfer, etc., of approval, licence and certificate
Official textFrom Laws of Malaysia Online, unchanged
No approval to establish or maintain or licence to operate or provide a private healthcare facility or service or certificate of registration of a private medical or dental clinic shall be transferred, assigned, or otherwise disposed of unless the prior written approval of the Director General has been obtained.
approval to establish or maintain
“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);
An application for the transfer, assignment, or disposal of an approval, a licence or a certificate of registration shall be made to the
certificate of registration
“certificate of registration” means a certificate issued under section 27;
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;
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The Director General may on such application approve the transfer, assignment or disposal subject to such terms or conditions as he may impose by making an endorsement on the approval, licence or certificate of registration or may, if he thinks fit, refuse to approve the transfer, assignment or disposal.
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);
certificate
Defined · s 2“certificate” means a certificate issued under section 57 authorizing the importation or exportation of blood products or natural human blood for transfusion purposes;
certificate of registration
Defined · s 2“certificate of registration” means a certificate issued under section 27;
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;
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