Clause 2

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —

“applicant” means a person making an application;

“application”, in relation to a licence, means an application under section 10;

“authorised officer”, for any provision of this Act, means an individual who is appointed under section 7(2) as an authorised officer for that provision;

“Clinical Governance Officer”, for a licensee, means an individual appointed under section 24(2) for that licensee;

“code of practice” means a code of practice issued or approved under section 38, and includes any code of practice as amended under that section;

“conveyance” means a vehicle, an aircraft or a vessel, that is registered under any written law, or a train in Singapore, and that is used to provide a healthcare service in Singapore;

“dentist” means an individual who is registered under the Dental Registration Act (Cap. 76) as a registered dentist and holds a valid practising certificate under that Act;

“Director” means the Director of Medical Services and includes any individual who is, for the time being, discharging the duties of the office of Director of Medical Services;

“grant” or “granted”, in relation to a licence, includes —

“key appointment holder”, in relation to an applicant or a licensee, means —

“licence” means a licence that is granted under this Act and that is in force;

“licensed conveyance” means a conveyance specified in a licence authorising its use to provide a licensable healthcare service specified in the licence;

“licensed premises” means the premises specified in a licence as premises at which a licensable healthcare service specified in the licence may be provided;

“licensee” means the person to whom a licence is granted;

“medical practitioner” means an individual who is registered under the Medical Registration Act (Cap. 174) as a medical practitioner and holds a valid practising certificate under that Act;

“modification” and “modify”, in relation to the conditions of a licence, include deleting, varying and substituting a condition, and adding a condition;

“oral health therapist” means an individual who is registered under the Dental Registration Act as a registered oral health therapist and holds a valid practising certificate under that Act;

“Principal Officer”, for an applicant or a licensee, means an employee or officer of the applicant or licensee who —

“public authority” means a body established or constituted by or under a public Act to perform or discharge a public function, but not a Town Council established under section 4 of the Town Councils Act (Cap. 329A);

“public scheme” means a scheme that is established —

“repealed Act” means the Private Hospitals and Medical Clinics Act (Cap. 248);

“section 25 licensee” has the meaning given by section 25;

“special licensable healthcare service” means a licensable healthcare service that is prescribed as a special licensable healthcare service;

“specified committee” means a quality assurance committee, a service review committee or a clinical ethics committee, as the case may be;

“step‑in operator” means a person that is appointed under section 33 to take over the operations, or a part of the operations, of a licensee.

In this Act, a healthcare service is provided using a conveyance where the healthcare service is provided in or from the conveyance, moving or otherwise.

For the purpose of determining whether or not a person is a suitable person under the Act, the Director must have regard, and give such weight as the Director considers appropriate, to all the following matters:

To avoid doubt, the Director is not confined to consideration of the matters specified in subsection (3) and may take into account any other matters and evidence that may be relevant.

In subsection (3), “applicable Act” means any of the following Acts: