Singapore legislation

Clause 11

of Healthcare Services (Amendment) Bill

Clause 11

Amendment of section 14

Section 14 of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “Before modifying any condition of a licence” in subsection (2) and substituting the words “Subject to subsection (5)”; (b)by inserting, immediately after the word “must” in subsection (2), the words “, before modifying any condition of a licence,”; and

(c)

by inserting, immediately after subsection (4), the following subsection:“(5) Subsection (2) does not apply in relation to any modification of a licence condition that —

(a)

applies to one or more classes of licensees; and

(b)

is necessary to prevent or mitigate immediate or imminent harm to patient safety.”.