Traditional and Complementary Medicine Act 2016 s 3
Traditional and Complementary Medicine Act 2016 s 3
s 3 Interpretation
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—
“practice of traditional and complementary medicine” means a form of health-related practice designed to prevent, treat or manage ailment or illness or preserve the mental and physical well-being of an individual and includes such practices as traditional Malay medicine, traditional Chinese medicine, traditional Indian medicine, Islamic medical practice, homeopathy, and complementary therapies, but excludes medical and dental practices used by a medical and dental practitioner respectively;
“designated practitioner body” means a practitioner body of a recognized practice area that has been designated by the Minister under section 42;
“practice area” means a particular area, field, specialty or subject of practice in traditional and complementary medicine and includes a subarea, subfield, subspecialty or subsubject;
“recognized practice area” means a practice area which is recognized by the Minister under section 20;
“prescribed”, where no mode is mentioned, means prescribed by regulations made under this Act;
“Director General” and “Deputy Director General” mean the Director General of Health Malaysia and the Deputy Director General of Health Malaysia, respectively;
“Council” means the Traditional and Complementary Medicine Council established under section 4;
“patient information” means the personal data of a patient, such as name, age, address, physical and mental conditions and financial information;
“Minister” means the Minister charged with the responsibility for health;
“authorized officer” means any person authorized by the Minister under section 48;
“practitioner” means a traditional and complementary medicine practitioner;
“registered practitioner” means a practitioner who is registered under section 23;
“provisionally registered practitioner” means a person who has been provisionally registered as a practitioner under section 22;
“medical practitioner” has the meaning assigned to it in the Medical Act 1971 [Act 50];
“dental practitioner” has the meaning assigned to it in the Dental Act 1971 [Act 51];
“Chairman” means the Chairman of the Council appointed under subsection 6(2);
“patient” means an individual who engages a registered practitioner to provide traditional and complementary medicine services for his well-being or as treatment for any ailment or illness;
“Secretary” means the Secretary of the Council appointed under section 16.
Malay text (authoritative)
Tafsiran
Dalam Akta ini, melainkan jika konteksnya menghendaki makna yang lain—
“amalan perubatan tradisional dan komplementari” ertinya suatu bentuk amalan yang berkaitan dengan kesihatan bertujuan untuk mencegah, merawat atau mengurus penyakit atau sakit atau memelihara kesejahteraan fizikal dan mental individu dan termasuk amalan seperti perubatan tradisional Melayu, perubatan tradisional Cina, perubatan tradisional India, pengubatan Islam, homeopati, dan terapi komplementari, tetapi tidak termasuk amalan perubatan dan pergigian yang masing-masing digunakan oleh pengamal perubatan dan pengamal pergigian;
“badan pengamal ditetapkan” ertinya badan pengamal bidang amalan diiktiraf yang ditetapkan oleh Menteri di bawah seksyen 42;
“bidang amalan” ertinya suatu bidang, lapangan, kepakaran atau perkara yang tertentu dalam amalan perubatan tradisional dan komplementari dan termasuk subbidang, sublapangan, subkepakaran atau subperkara;
“bidang amalan diiktiraf” ertinya bidang amalan yang diiktiraf oleh Menteri di bawah seksyen 20;
“ditetapkan”, jika tiada cara disebutkan, ertinya ditetapkan melalui peraturan-peraturan yang dibuat di bawah Akta ini;
“Ketua Pengarah” dan “Timbalan Ketua Pengarah” ertinya Ketua Pengarah Kesihatan Malaysia dan Timbalan Ketua Pengarah Kesihatan Malaysia, masing-masingnya;
“Majlis” ertinya Majlis Perubatan Tradisional dan Komplementari yang ditubuhkan di bawah seksyen 4;
“maklumat pesakit” ertinya data peribadi seseorang pesakit, seperti nama, umur, alamat, keadaan fizikal dan mental dan maklumat kewangan;
“Menteri” ertinya Menteri yang dipertanggungkan dengan tanggungjawab bagi kesihatan;
“pegawai diberi kuasa” ertinya mana-mana orang yang diberi kuasa oleh Menteri di bawah seksyen 48;
“pengamal” ertinya pengamal perubatan tradisional dan komplementari;
“pengamal berdaftar” ertinya pengamal yang berdaftar di bawah seksyen 23;
“pengamal berdaftar sementara” ertinya seseorang yang telah didaftarkan secara sementara sebagai pengamal di bawah seksyen 22;
“pengamal perubatan” mempunyai erti yang diberikan kepadanya dalam Akta Perubatan 1971 [Akta 50];
“pengamal pergigian” mempunyai erti yang diberikan kepadanya dalam Akta Pergigian 1971 [Akta 51];
“Pengerusi” ertinya Pengerusi Majlis yang dilantik di bawah subseksyen 6(2);
“pesakit” ertinya individu yang mengambil pengamal berdaftar untuk memberikan perkhidmatan perubatan tradisional dan komplementari untuk kesejahteraan dirinya atau sebagai suatu rawatan apa-apa penyakit atau sakit;
“Setiausaha” ertinya Setiausaha Majlis yang dilantik di bawah seksyen 16.
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).
