Private Healthcare Facilities and Services Act 1998 · Updated to 1 Dec 2015 · Part X · Blood Bank
57. Issue of certificate to import and export natural human blood and blood product
Official textFrom Laws of Malaysia Online, unchanged
The Director General may, on application made in the prescribed form and upon payment of a prescribed fee, issue a certificate authorizing any person, subject to such conditions and restrictions as may be imposed—
Director General
“Director General” means the Director General of Health, Malaysia;
to import or export blood products for transfusion purposes; or
to import or export natural human blood for transfusion purposes.
A certificate issued under subsection (1) may at any time be revoked by notice in writing.
certificate
“certificate” means a certificate issued under section 57 authorizing the importation or exportation of blood products or natural human blood for transfusion purposes;
Upon receipt of the notice under subsection (2) from the Director
General the person to whom the certificate under subsection (1) is issued, may submit representations to the Director General within such time as may be determined by the Director General in the notice.
After the expiry of the time determined in the notice for the making of representation and after considering any representation made under subsection (3) the Director General may—
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revoke the certificate;
issue a warning and give directions to the holder of the certificate to take any action to the satisfaction of the
Director General; or
take no further action.
Terms defined in this Act
blood product
Defined · s 54“blood product” means any substance freshly derived from natural human blood and includes plasma, plasma component and blood cells but does not include any fractionated blood product;
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;
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;
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