Section 22
Additional class and speciality
of Pathology Laboratory Act 2007
Where a licensee intends to provide additional class and speciality other than the class and speciality specified in the existing licence, he shall make an application for an approval to provide additional class and speciality, and if the approval is granted, he shall make an application for a licence.
(2)
Where the Director General approved the application for a licence to provide the additional class and speciality, he shall notify the licensee of his decision and request the licensee to submit the existing licence.
(3)
Upon receipt of the existing licence, the Director General shall grant a new licence to the licensee which shall specify the additional class and speciality approved in addition to the class and speciality specified in the existing licence.
(4)
The licence granted under subsection (3) shall, unless sooner suspended or revoked, be valid for a period not exceeding the existing licence.
Act 674
(5)
A person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable—
(a)
in the case of a sole proprietor—
(i)
to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, or to both; and
(ii)
for a continuing offence, to a fine not exceeding five hundred ringgit for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction; or
(b)
in the case of a body corporate or partnership—
(i)
to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand ringgit; and
(ii)
for a continuing offence, to a fine not exceeding one thousand ringgit for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction.