Short title and commencement
s 1
Open ↗(1) This Act may be cited as the Allied Health Professions Act 2016. (2) This Act comes into operation on a date to be appointed by the Minister by notification in the Gazette.
Source
Allied Health Professions Act 2016 Part I — PRELIMINARY
Interpretation
s 2
Open ↗In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires— “activity relating to allied health” means any activity which has a direct or an indirect effect on patient care, or on the health of an individual or the population; “Register” means the register kept and maintained under section 15; “committee” means a committee established under section 8; “Investigating Committee” means the Investigating Committee established under section 26; “Council” means the Malaysian Allied Health Professions Council established under section 3; “Minister” means the Minister for the time being charged with the responsibility for health; “authorized officer” means a public officer or a suitably qualified person authorized under section 38; “Registrar” means the Registrar of the Malaysian Allied Health Professions Council referred to in section 14; “registered practitioner” means an allied health practitioner who is registered under section 17 and for the purposes of Part V and Part VI includes a non-Malaysian citizen deemed to be a registered practitioner under subsection 24(10); “certificate” means a certificate of registration, a practising certificate and a temporary practising certificate; “Disciplinary Authority” means the Disciplinary Authority established under section 27; “profession of allied health” means any profession which has a direct or an indirect effect on patient care, or on the health of an individual or the population; “Allied Health Profession” means the profession of allied health specified in the Second Schedule and any activity relating to allied health prescribed by regulations under section 11.
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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).
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