Private Healthcare Facilities and Services Act 1998 · Updated to 1 Dec 2015 · Part XVI · Enforcement
88. Power of Inspector to enter and inspect
Official textFrom Laws of Malaysia Online, unchanged
An Inspector shall have the power to enter and inspect at any time any licensed or registered private healthcare facility or any premises which he suspects or has reason to believe to be used as a private healthcare facility or any other premises in or from which private healthcare services are provided without a licence or a certificate of registration.
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;
In the course of an inspection under this section the Inspector may—
inspect, test and examine any apparatus, appliance, equipment or instrument used or found in the facility or premises;
inspect, test, examine, take, remove and detain samples of blood, blood products, human tissue or fluid or any product of the human body, dialysate, chemicals or pharmaceuticals found in the facility or premises;
inspect, test, examine, take and remove all containers, articles and other things that the Inspector reasonably believes to contain or to have contained blood or blood
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products, human tissue or fluid or any product of the human body, dialysate, chemicals or pharmaceuticals;
inspect any test or procedure or operation performed or carried out to ensure compliance with the provisions of this Act; and
inspect, make copies of and take extracts from any book, document, record or electronic material relating to the private healthcare facility or service or the premises.
Terms defined in s 2
certificate of registration
Defined · s 2“certificate of registration” means a certificate issued under section 27;
premises
Defined · s 2“premises” means any place, building or vehicle, whether permanent or temporary;
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;
private healthcare services
Defined · s 2“private healthcare services” means any services provided by a private healthcare facility;
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