Private Hospitals and Medical Clinics (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2000

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 29 Mar 2000

No. S 145

Private Hospitals and Medical Clinics Act

(Chapter 248)

Private Hospitals and Medical Clinics (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2000

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 22 of the Private Hospitals and Medical Clinics Act, the Minister for Health hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Private Hospitals and Medical Clinics (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2000 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2000.

Deletion and substitution of Fourth Schedule

2. The Fourth Schedule to the Private Hospitals and Medical Clinics Regulations (Rg 1) is deleted and the following Schedule substituted therefor:

“FOURTH SCHEDULE

Regulation 5(1)

Fees

Subject to paragraphs 2 and 3, the fees payable for the various licences issued under section 5 of the Act shall be as follows:

(a)

for a licence issued to a private hospital, other than a maternity home and a nursing home, having —

(i)

1,000 beds and above

$4,500 per year

(ii)

100 to 999 beds

$3,500 per year

(iii)

less than 100 beds

$2,000 per year

(b)

for a licence issued to a maternity home

$500 per year

(c)

for a licence issued to a nursing home

$500 per year

(d)

for a licence issued to —

(i)

a medical or dental clinic; or

(ii)

a clinic that is both a medical and a dental clinic,

that is used by —

(A)

a doctor or dentist

$350 per year

(B)

2 to 5 doctors and dentists

$500 per year

(C)

more than 5 doctors and dentists

$750 per year

(e)

for a licence issued to a clinical and
X-ray laboratory

$1,000 per year

(f)

for a licence issued to a clinical laboratory

$800 per year

(g)

for a licence issued to an X-ray laboratory

$800 per year

(h)

for a licence issued to a private hospital or medical clinic which is a charity under the Charities Act (Cap. 37)

$12 for 2 years or part thereof.

Where a clinic referred to in paragraph 1(d) provides any special care service as specified in the Third Schedule, there shall be payable for a licence issued to such clinic, in addition to the appropriate licence fee specified in paragraph 1(d), as the case may be —

(a)

a fee of $500 per year; or

(b)

where the licence for such clinic is issued for any period other than one year, a fee in such amount that is commuted on a pro rata basis from the fee specified in sub-paragraph (a).

Where a licence for a private hospital, medical clinic, clinical laboratory or healthcare establishment, not being a private hospital or medical clinic as specified in paragraph 1(h), is issued for any period other than one year, the fee payable for such licence shall be computed on a pro rata basis from the appropriate licence fee as specified in paragraph 1.”.

[G.N. No. S 8/2000]

Made this 28th day of March 2000.

MOSES LEE

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Health,
Singapore.

[MAAU 02-02/06-01 Vol. 4; AG/LEG/SL/284/97/1 Vol. 1]

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