Singapore legislation

Section 23

of Medical and Elderly Care Endowment Schemes Act 2000

Section 23

Application to be approved provider

(1)

Any organisation which is a provider of any step-down care may make an application in the prescribed manner for approval to be an approved provider in respect of —

(a)

all types of step-down care provided or proposed to be provided by the applicant;

(b)

one or more specific types of step‑down care provided or proposed to be provided by the applicant;

(c)

all types of step-down care provided or proposed to be provided by the applicant at specific premises; or

(d)

one or more specific types of step‑down care provided or proposed to be provided by the applicant at specific premises.

(2)

Where an application is made under subsection (1), the Minister may request the applicant —

(a)

to permit an authorised officer to inspect the premises to which the application relates at any reasonable time; or

(b)

to furnish specified particulars about the operations of the applicant at those premises or the step‑down care provided or proposed to be provided or both.

(3)

The Minister may defer consideration of the application until the premises have been so inspected or the particulars have been furnished, as the case requires.

(4)

In determining whether or not to approve any applicant as an approved provider, whether in respect of all types of step‑down care or specific types of step‑down care and whether in respect of the provision of such step‑down care at specific premises, the Minister must have regard to all matters the Minister considers relevant.

(5)

The Minister may —

(a)

approve, with or without conditions, the applicant to be an approved provider in respect of —

(i)

all types of step-down care provided or proposed to be provided by the applicant;

(ii)

one or more specific types of step‑down care provided or proposed to be provided by the applicant;

(iii)

all types of step-down care provided or proposed to be provided by the applicant at specific premises; or

(iv)

one or more specific types of step‑down care provided or proposed to be provided by the applicant at specific premises; or

(b)

refuse to give the approval.

(6)

The approval of any person under this section as an approved provider of step-down care is in force for such period as the Minister may specify.

(7)

Where the Minister approves any organisation providing step‑down care to be an approved provider, the Minister must, by notification in the Gazette, declare the organisation to be an approved provider in respect of all types or specific types of step‑down care or in respect of the provision of such step‑down care at specific premises, as the case may be.

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