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Healthcare Services Act 2020 · s 9

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s 9Permanent premises, conveyances and service delivery mode to be approved

(1)

A licensee must not provide a licensable healthcare service —

(a)

at any permanent premises in Singapore that is not an approved permanent premises for the provision of the licensable healthcare service;

(b)

using any conveyance that is not an approved conveyance for the provision of the licensable healthcare service; or

(c)

by any other service delivery mode that is not approved under section 11B for the provision of the licensable healthcare service.

(2)

A licensee that contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction —

(a)

in the case of a first offence, to a fine not exceeding $50,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both; and

(b)

if the licensee has a previous qualifying conviction, to a fine not exceeding $100,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.

(3)

In subsection (2), “qualifying conviction” means —

(a)

a conviction for an offence under subsection (2); or

(b)

a conviction (whether before, on or after the date of commencement of section 4 of the Healthcare Services (Amendment) Act 2023) for an offence under —

(i)

section 9(1) as in force immediately before that date; or

(ii)

section 5(2) or (4)(a) of the repealed Act.