s 5 Appointment of Medical Director and Deputy Medical Director of government psychiatric hospital
(1) The Minister shall appoint in respect of every government psychiatric hospital—
(a) a Medical Director who shall be the person in charge; and
(b) a Deputy Medical Director.
(2) Where any part of any premises is appointed as a government psychiatric hospital under section 3, the Minister shall appoint in respect of such part, a Head of Psychiatry who shall be the person in charge.
(3) The person to be appointed under subsection (1) or (2) shall be a medical officer and preferably a psychiatrist.
Malay text (authoritative)
Pelantikan Pengarah Perubatan dan Timbalan Pengarah Perubatan hospital psikiatri kerajaan
(1) Menteri hendaklah melantik berkenaan dengan tiap-tiap hospital psikiatri kerajaan—
(a) seorang Pengarah Perubatan yang hendaklah menjadi orang yang bertanggungjawab; dan
(b) seorang Timbalan Pengarah Perubatan.
(2) Jika mana-mana bahagian atau mana-mana premis ditetapkan sebagai hospital psikiatri kerajaan di bawah seksyen 3, Menteri hendaklah melantik berkenaan dengan bahagian itu, seorang Ketua Psikiatri yang hendaklah menjadi orang yang bertanggungjawab.
(3) Orang yang akan dilantik di bawah subseksyen (1) atau (2) hendaklah seorang pegawai perubatan dan sebaik-baiknya seorang ahli psikiatri.
Text as at 1 January 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).
