Section 9

Terms defined in s 2

• approval to establish or maintain

  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);

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• Director General

  Director General

  Defined · s 2

  “Director General” means the Director General of Health, Malaysia;

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• healthcare facility

  healthcare facility

  Defined · s 2

  “healthcare facility” means any premises in which one or more members of the public receive healthcare services;

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• private dental clinic

  private dental clinic

  Defined · s 2

  “private dental clinic” means any premises, other than a Government healthcare facility, used or intended to be used for the practice of dentistry and includes premises used by any person— (a) to treat or attempt to treat or profess to treat, cure, relieve or prevent any disease, deficiency or lesion or pain of the human teeth or jaws; (b) to perform or attempt to perform any operation on human teeth or jaws; (c) to perform any radiographic work in connection with human teeth or jaws or the oral cavity; or (d) to give any treatment, advice or attendance on or to any person in connection with the fitting or insertion for the purpose of fitting or fixing of artificial teeth or of a crown or bridge or an appliance for the restoration or regulation of the human teeth or jaws;

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• private healthcare facility

  private healthcare facility

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  “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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