Singapore legislation

Clause 11

of Healthcare Services Bill

Clause 11

Grant or renewal of licence

(1)

After considering an application for the grant of a licence, the Director may —

(a)

on payment of a licence fee or renewal fee (if prescribed), grant the licence; or

(b)

refuse to grant the licence.

(2)

A person may be granted more than one licence, whether for the provision of the same or a different licensable healthcare service.

(3)

In deciding whether a licence should be granted, the Director must have regard to, and give such weight as the Director considers appropriate to, all the following matters:

(a)

whether the applicant is and, where necessary, the following persons are suitable persons to provide or be involved (as the case may be) in providing the licensable healthcare service to which the application relates:

(i)

any key appointment holder of the applicant;

(ii)

any person having a substantial interest in, or control of or direction over, the applicant’s business;

(iii)

any person having control of or direction over the applicant’s operations at the premises or conveyance used, or to be used, to provide the licensable healthcare service;

(b)

the suitability of every premises or conveyance (including the facilities and equipment in the premises or conveyance), and of every process or protocol, used or intended to be used for the provision of the licensable healthcare service;

(c)

if the application relates to any special licensable healthcare service, whether the applicant is granted a licence to provide any licensable healthcare service prescribed as underlying to the special licensable healthcare service;

(d)

the likelihood of the applicant providing the licensable healthcare service to which the application relates in compliance with —

(i)

the requirements of this Act and any code of practice relating to that licensable healthcare service;

(ii)

any other written law applicable to the applicant relating to the provision of the licensable healthcare service in a safe and proper manner; and

(iii)

the rules of any public scheme established by or under any written law —

(A)

relating to the provision of the licensable healthcare service to which the application relates; and (B)under which the applicant is accredited or of which the applicant is a participant;

(e)

the applicant’s ability to provide the licensable healthcare service to all the applicant’s patients or customers in a manner that is clinically and ethically appropriate;

(f)

whether the applicant —

(i)

holds, or has applied for, a licence for any other licensable healthcare service; or

(ii)

has made arrangements with any other licensee for the provision of the licensable healthcare service to which the application relates;

(g)

whether there is any other relevant matter that makes it contrary to the public interest to grant or renew the licence.

(4)

To avoid doubt, the Director is not confined to consideration of the matters in subsection (3) and may —

(a)

take into account any other matters and evidence that may be relevant; and

(b)

consult any person the Director thinks relevant, including any advisory committee the Director may appoint.

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