Singapore legislation
Clause 5
Clause 5
Application for licence
(1)
An application for the issue of a licence shall be in such form as may be prescribed.
(2)
On receipt of an application, the Director may in his discretion issue a licence subject to such terms and conditions as he may think fit to impose.
(3)
The Director may refuse to issue a licence if —
in the case of an application for a licence for a private hospital, the Director is not satisfied as to the character and fitness of the applicant to be the licensee of a private hospital or, where the applicant is a body corporate as to the character and fitness of the members of the board of directors or committee or board of trustees or other governing body of the body corporate;
in the opinion of the Director, the premises of the private hospital, medical clinic or clinical laboratory are unclean or insanitary, or inadequately equipped; or
in the opinion of the Director, the nursing or other staff of the private hospital, medical clinic or clinical laboratory is inadequate for the purposes thereof.
(4)
On the issue of a licence, the licensee shall pay a fee of such amount as may be prescribed.
(5)
A licence shall continue in force for a period of two years from the date of its issue, unless it has been previously revoked, but may be renewed by the grant of a new licence.