Private Aged Healthcare Facilities and Services Act 2018

This Act may be cited as the Private Aged Healthcare

This Act comes into operation on a date to be appointed by the Minister by notification in the Gazette.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—

“prescribed” means prescribed by the Minister by regulations made under this Act;

“Inspector” means an Inspector appointed under subsection 87(1)

of the Private Healthcare Facilities and Services Act 1998 [Act 586];

“approval” means an approval granted under subsection 9(1)

to provide a private aged healthcare facilities and services and

“holder of an approval” means a holder of an approval to which the private aged healthcare facilities and services relates;

“private aged healthcare facilities and services” means any premises where healthcare services are provided for aged persons;

“licensed private aged healthcare facilities and services” means any private aged healthcare facilities and services licensed under

Part IV;

“Director General” means the Director General of Health,

Malaysia;

“licence” means a licence granted under Part IV to operate a private aged healthcare facilities and services and “licensee”

means a holder of a licence to which the private aged healthcare facilities and services relates;

“interim licence” means an interim licence granted under Part IV and “interim licensee” means a holder of an interim licence;

“Minister” means the Minister charged with the responsibility for health;

“person in charge” means a person charged with the responsibilities under subsection 23(2);

“care recipient” means any person receiving healthcare services at a licensed private aged healthcare facilities and services;

“caregiver” means any person, other than a healthcare professional, who provides personal care to any care recipient;

“healthcare services” means any services specified in the

First Schedule;

“society” means any society registered under the Societies

Act 1966 [Act 335] or Co-operative Societies Act 1993 [Act 502];

“body corporate” means any body incorporated under the

Companies Act 2016 [Act 777] or statutory body incorporated and established under any written law;

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“healthcare professional” means any person specified in the

Second Schedule;

“relative” means any person connected by blood or marriage or legal adoption, or a legal guardian;

“standards or requirements” means standards or requirements as the Director General may determine under subsection 5(3);

“aged person” means any person who is sixty years of age or above.

This Act shall not apply to—

private healthcare facilities and services licensed under the Private Healthcare Facilities and Services Act 1998;

care centres registered under the Care Centres Act 1993

premises where an individual provides healthcare for his aged relative.