Short title, commencement and application
(1) This Act may be cited as the Medical Assistants (Registration) Act 1977 and shall come into force on such date or dates as the Minister may appoint by notification in the Gazette and the Minister may appoint different dates for different parts of Malaysia. (2) This Act shall apply throughout Malaysia.
Interpretation
In this Act unless the context otherwise requires— “appeal” means an appeal made under section 17; “Board” means the Medical Assistants (Registration) Board established under section 3; “chief medical assistant” means the person appointed to be the chief medical assistant in the Ministry of Health and includes a person acting temporarily in such capacity; “Director General” means the Director General of Health Malaysia and includes a person acting temporarily in such capacity; “employer” includes the Government; “Government health centre” includes a Government clinic and a Government dispensary for the care, treatment or rehabilitation of patients; “medical assistant” means any person who is registered under this Act; “member” means a member of the Board; “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made under this Act; “private clinic” means any premises owned or maintained by a registered medical practitioner for the care, treatment or rehabilitation of private out-patients and includes a private dispensary; “private hospital” has the meaning assigned thereto in the Private Hospitals Act 1971 [Act 43]; “register” means the register of medical assistants kept and maintained under section 6; “Registrar” means the Director General while exercising the functions of the registrar of medical assistants under this Act; “regulations” means regulations made under this Act; “training centre” means a centre or an institution approved by the Board for the training of persons intending to be registered as medical assistants.
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Text as at 1 January 2006 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated. Read the official text ↗
Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).