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Section 35

of Private Aged Healthcare Facilities and Services Act 2018

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Section 35

(1)

A licensee who intends to close down a licensed private aged healthcare facilities and services shall, not later than three months before the closing down of such licensed private aged healthcare facilities and services, serve a notice to the

Director General, the care recipients, their relatives, or any person on behalf of the care recipients, of the licensee’s intention to close down such licensed private aged healthcare facilities and services.

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(2)

The notice to the Director General under subsection (1)

shall include the following:

(a)

a full report as the Director General shall determine; and

(b)

an action plan regarding the closure of such licensed private aged healthcare facilities and services, including, where the licensed private aged healthcare facilities and services provides accommodation, regarding the accommodation of the care recipients.

(3)

Having considered the notice under subsection (1), the

Director General may give any directions relating to the closure of such licensed private aged healthcare facilities and services, including with regard to the accommodation and care of the care recipients, and the records of the care recipients.

(4)

Any person who contravenes subsection (1), serves a notice not in accordance with subsection (2) or contravenes any direction under subsection (3), commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable—

(a)

in the case of an individual, to a fine not exceeding fifteen thousand ringgit; and

(b)

in the case of a body corporate, partnership or society to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand ringgit.