On 22/05/2013,
you requested for the version in force on 22/05/2013
incorporating all amendments published on or before 22/05/2013.
The closest version currently available is that of 31/05/1999.
2. Section 2 of the Private Hospitals and Medical Clinics Act (referred to in this Act as the principal Act) is amended —
(a)
by inserting, immediately above the definition of “clinical laboratory”, the following definition:
“ “authorised officer” means —
(a)
any public officer appointed by the Director under section 2A(2) to perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Director under this Act or any regulations made thereunder; and
(b)
any person authorised by the Director under section 2A(3) to assist in the administration of this Act;”;
(b)
by inserting, immediately after the definition of “Director”, the following definition:
“ “healthcare establishment” means any premises or conveyance (not being a private hospital, medical clinic or clinical laboratory or part thereof, and not being an establishment or conveyance maintained by the Government or the National University of Singapore) —
(a)
which is used or intended to be used for the provision of any service, or for carrying out any practice or procedure, that is related to the diagnosis, treatment or care of persons suffering from any disease, injury or disability; and
(b)
which is declared by the Minister, by order published in the Gazette, to be a healthcare establishment for the purposes of this Act;”; and
(c)
by deleting the words “or clinical laboratory” in the definition of “licence” and substituting the words “, clinical laboratory or healthcare establishment”.