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← Private Healthcare Facilities and Services Act 1998

Private Healthcare Facilities and Services Act 1998 s 6

Private Healthcare Facilities and Services Act 1998 s 6

s 6 Approval and licence may be issued to a sole proprietor, partnership or body corporate

(1) Approval to establish or maintain, or a licence to operate or provide may only be issued to— (a) a sole proprietor who is a registered medical practitioner; (b) a partnership which consists of at least one partner who is a registered medical practitioner; or (c) a body corporate whose board of directors consists of at least one person who is a registered medical practitioner. (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), approval to establish or maintain or a licence to operate or provide a private nursing home may be issued to a registered nurse if contractual arrangements have been made for a registered medical practitioner to visit the patients in such home at such frequency as may be prescribed. (3) Notwithstanding subsection (1), approval to establish or maintain or a licence to operate or provide a private maternity home may be issued to a registered midwife if contractual arrangements have been made for a registered medical practitioner to visit the patients in such home at such frequency as may be prescribed. (4) Notwithstanding subsection (1), approval to establish or maintain or a licence to operate or provide a private hospice or a private haemodialysis centre, on a voluntary or charitable basis, may be issued to a society registered under the Societies Act 1966 [Act 335].

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Find Act 586 on lom.agc.gov.my ↗

Text as at 1 May 2006 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated.

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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