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1、Shorttitleandcommencement1. ThisActistheHealthcareServices(Amendment)Act2023andmesintooperationonadatethattheMinisterappointsbynotificationintheGazette.Amendmentofsection22. Section2(1)oftheHealthcareServicesAct2020(calledinthisActtheprincipalAct)isamended一(a) byinserting,immediatelyafterthedefiniti
2、onof,application,jthefollowingdefinitions:u,tapprovednveyancemeansanyconveyanceapprovedundersection11Btobeusedfortheprovisionofalicensablehealthcareservice;“approvedpermanentpremises,jmeansanypermanentpremisesapprovedundersection11Btobeusedfortheprovisionofalicensablehealthcareservice;“approvedspeci
3、fiedservicemeansayspecifiedserviceapprovedIJnd成section11Df,;(b) bydeletingthedefinitionofuDirectorandsubstitutingthefollowingdefinition:“Director-GeneralmeanstheDirector-GeneralofHealthandincludesanyindividualwhois,forthetimebeing,dischargingthedutiesoftheDirector-GeneralofHealth;M;(c) bydeletingthe
4、definitionsoflicensednveyanceanduIicensedpremisesn;(d) byinserting,immediatelyafterthedefinitionof,toralhealththerapisf,thefollowingdefinition:,u,permanentpremises,linrelationtoanapplicantforalicentoprovidealicensablehealthcareserviceoralicensee,meansanypremisesatwhichtheapplicantorlinsee(asthecasem
5、aybe)intendstoprovidethelicensablehealthcareservicefortheentiretermorremainderoftheterm(asthecasemaybe)ofthelicence;(e) byinserting,immediatelyafterthedefinitionofupublicscheme,thefollowingdefinition:“remoteprovision,inrelationtoalicensablehealthcareservice,meansprovisionofthelicensablehealthcareser
6、vice一(a) toapatientorcustomerwhoisnotphysicallypresentatthesameplaceasanyindividualprovidingthelicensablehealthcareservice;and(b) involvingcommunicationthrough一(i) theInternet;(ii) thetelephoneorothercommunicationdevice;or(iii) anyotherkindofelectronicorothertechnologyforfacilitatingcommunication,bu
7、tdsnotincludeanyspecificsystemormethodofmmunicatiothatisprescribedtobeexcludedforthepurposesofthisparagraph;M;(f) bydeletingthedefinitionofspeciallicensablehealthcareservicenandsubstitutingthefollowingdefinition:,u,servicedeliverymode,jinrelationtoalicensablehealthcareservice,meansanyofthefollowingm
8、odesbywhichthelicensablehealthcareserviceisprovided:(a) atpermanentpremises;(b) atanypremisesotherthanpermanentpremises;(c) usingaconveyance;(d) byremoteprovision;and(g) byinserting,immediatelyafterthedefinitionofspecifiedcommittee,jthefollowingdefinition:“specifiedservice，inrelationtoalicensablehea
9、lthcareservice,meansaserviceofamedicalorhealthcarenatureprescribedundersection9A(1)asaspecifiedserviceforthatlicensablehealthcareservice;.Repealandre-enactmentofsection43. Section4oftheprincipalActisrepealedandthefollowingsectionsubstitutedtherefor:uPurposeofAct4. ThepurposeofthisActistoregulatethep
10、rovisionofhealthcareservices,including一(a) themodesbywhichhealthcareservicesareprovidedandthepremisesandnveyansusedfortheprovisionofhealthcareservices;and(b) theadvertisementofanyhealthcareservice,soastoensurethesafetyandwelfareof,andthegeneralcontinuityofhealthcareprovidedto,peopleinSingapore/*.Rep
11、ealandre-enactmentofsection94.Section9oftheprincipalActisrepealedandthefollowingsectionsubstitutedtherefor:“Permanentpremises,conveyancesandservicedeliverymodetobeapproved9.(1)Alicenseemustnotprovidealicensablehealthcareservice一(a) atanypermanentpremisesinSingaporethatisnotanapprovedpermanentpremise
12、sfortheprovisionofthelicensablehealthcareservice;(b) usinganynveyancethatisnotanapprovedconveyancefortheprovisionofthelicensablehealthcareservice;or(c) byanyotherservicedeliverymodethatisnotapprovedundersection11Bfortheprovisionofthelicensablehealthcareservice.(2) Alinseethatcontravenessubsection(1)
13、shallbeguiltyofanoffenceandshallbeliableonnvictio(a) inthecaseofafirstoffence,toafinenotexceeding$50,000ortoimprisonmentforatermnotexceeding12monthsortoboth;and(b) ifthelicenseehasapreviousqualifyingconviction,toafinenotexceeding$100,000ortoimprisonmentforatermnotexceeding12monthsortoboth.(3) Insubs
14、ection，“qualifyingnvictionmeans一(a) aconvictionforanoffenceundersubsection(2);or(b) anviction(whetherbefore,onorafterthedateofmmencementofsection4oftheHealthcareServices(Amendment)Act2023)foranoffenceunder一(i) section9(1)asinforceimmediatelybeforethatdate;or(ii) section5(2)or(4)(a)oftherepealedAct.N
15、ewsection9A5. TheprincipalActisamendedbyinserting,immediatelyaftersection9,thefollowingsection:uSpecifiedservicetobeapproved(1) (1)TheMinistermayprescribeaserviceofamedicalorhealthcarenaturethatispartofalicensablehealthcareserviceasaspecifiedserviceforthelicensablehealthcareservice,theprovisionofwhi
16、chwouldrequireapprovalbytheDirector-Generalundersection11D.(2) Despiteholdingalicencefortheprovisionofalicensablehealthcareservice,alicenseemustnotprovideanyspecifiedserviceforthelicensablehealthcareserviceunlessthelicenseeisgrantedapprovalundersection11Dfortheprovisionofthespecifiedservice.(3) Alicenseethatntravenessubsection(2)sh
