Singapore legislation
Clause 25
Clause 25
Revocation and suspension of approval
(1)
The Minister may revoke, or suspend for a period not exceeding 6 months, any approval of an organisation providing step-down care as an approved provider if —
in the opinion of the Minister, the organisation has ceased to be suitable to be an approved provider;
the application for approval contained information that was false or misleading in a material particular;
where the premises at which approved services are provided is licensed under the Private Hospitals and Medical Clinics Act (Cap. 248), the licence under that Act is either revoked or suspended, or the licence ceases to be in force and is not renewed;
the organisation is convicted of an offence under section 31(3) or (5);
the organisation fails to comply with any terms and conditions of the approval; or
the organisation fails to comply with any conditions of any subvention paid in respect of any of its approved services, and the Minister is of the opinion that the organisation is again likely to so fail to comply.
(2)
Before revoking or suspending any approval under this section, the Minister shall notify the organisation concerned that revocation or suspension, as the case may be, is being considered, in particular —
the reasons for considering the revocation or suspension;
invite the organisation to make written submissions to the Minister within 7 days after receiving the notice, or such further period as the Minister may allow; and
inform the organisation that if no such submission is made within that period, any revocation or suspension, as the case may be, will take effect on the day after the last day for making submissions.
(3)
The Minister shall notify the organisation concerned in writing of his decision within 7 days after the end of the period allowed by subsection (2) for making submissions.
(4)
A revocation or suspension of any approval shall take effect —
if no submission was made under subsection (2) — on the day after the last day for making submissions; or
if the submission was made — 7 days after the day on which the notice under subsection (3) was given.
(5)
The Minister may revoke an approval (subject to such conditions as the Minister may think fit) if the approved provider requests the Minister in the prescribed manner to revoke the approval.
(6)
Where any suspension of approval made under this section is in force, the organisation concerned shall not for the purposes of this Part be regarded as an approved provider, but on expiry of the suspension, the organisation shall immediately revert to being an approved provider.