Private Healthcare Facilities and Services Act 1998 · Updated to 1 Dec 2015 · Part XVI · Enforcement
90. Search and seizure without warrant
Official textFrom Laws of Malaysia Online, unchanged
If an Inspector has reasonable cause to believe that by reason of delay in obtaining a search warrant under section 89—
the investigation would be adversely affected;
the object of the entry is likely to be frustrated;
the book, record, document, apparatus, equipment, instrument, material, article, sample, blood, blood product, human tissue or fluid or any product of the human body, dialysate, chemical, pharmaceutical, substance or other thing sought may be removed or interfered with; or
blood product
“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;
the evidence sought may be tampered with or destroyed, he may exercise in, and in respect of, the private healthcare facility or premises all the powers referred to in section 89 in as full and ample a manner as if he were authorized to do so by warrant issued under that section.
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;
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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;
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;
Part XVII
Power of Minister
Part XVIII
Miscellaneous
Part XIX