Singapore legislation

Section 29

of Medical and Elderly Care Endowment Schemes Act 2000

Section 29

Consequences for non-compliance

(1)

The Minister may, by written notice, impose one or more of the following sanctions on an approved provider that has not complied, or is not complying, with section 31(1) or with any condition of any subvention paid to the approved provider under section 27:

(a)

revoke or suspend the approval of the organisation as an approved provider;

(b)

restrict the approval as an approved provider in respect of a certain type or types of step‑down care or in respect of a type of step‑down care provided by the approved provider at specific premises;

(c)

reduce the total amount of subvention payable to the approved provider in any subsequent payment period;

(d)

require repayment of part or all of the subvention paid to the approved provider.

(2)

Before imposing any sanction mentioned in subsection (1) on an approved provider, the Minister must notify the approved provider that the imposition of sanction is being considered, and must —

(a)

give to the approved provider a notice of non‑compliance setting out the details of non‑compliance;

(b)

set out the sanctions that can be imposed in this section on the approved provider for non‑compliance;

(c)

invite the approved provider to make written submissions to the Minister within 7 days after receiving the notice, or such further period as the Minister may allow; and

(d)

inform the approved provider that if no such submission is made within that period, any sanction the Minister decides to impose will take effect on the day after the last day for making submissions.

(3)

The Minister must notify the approved provider in writing of the Minister’s decision within 7 days after the end of the period allowed by subsection (2) for making submissions.

(4)

Any sanction imposed takes effect —

(a)

if no submission was made under subsection (2) — on the day after the last day for making submissions; or

(b)

if such submission was made — 7 days after the day on which the notice under subsection (3) was given.

(5)

This section does not affect the operation of section 25.

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