Section 9A — Specified service to be approved

(1)The Minister may prescribe a service of a medical or healthcare nature that is part of a licensable healthcare service as a specified service for the licensable healthcare service, the provision of which would require approval by the Director-General under section 11D.

(2)Despite holding a licence for the provision of a licensable healthcare service, a licensee must not provide any specified service for the licensable healthcare service unless the licensee is granted approval under section 11D for the provision of the specified service.

(3)A licensee that contravenes subsection (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction —

(a)to a fine not exceeding $100,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both; and

(b)in the case of a second or subsequent offence, to a fine not exceeding $200,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both.[Act 11 of 2023 wef 26/06/2023]