Advertising media
6.—(1)  A licensee and an authorised person (if applicable) must ensure that any advertisement that is not displayed within any approved permanent premises or approved conveyance of, or any temporary premises used by, the licensee appears only in newspapers, directories, medical journals, magazines, brochures, leaflets, flyers, pamphlets or the Internet (including mobile application software).
[S 404/2023 wef 26/06/2023]
(2)  However, paragraph (1) does not prohibit a licensee from affixing any advertisement to any door, fence, grille, partition, wall or window of any approved permanent premises or approved conveyance of, or any temporary premises used by, the licensee, even if the advertisement is visible to any individual from outside the approved permanent premises, approved conveyance or temporary premises, as the case may be.
[S 404/2023 wef 26/06/2023]
(3)  To avoid doubt, an advertisement that is displayed within the approved permanent premises or approved conveyance of, or any temporary premises used by, the licensee may appear in any form or medium.
[S 404/2023 wef 26/06/2023]
(4)  A licensee and an authorised person (if applicable) must not advertise any licensable healthcare service that the licensee provides —
(a)by sending any advertisement to an individual through push technology; or
(b)by distributing or giving, free of charge, any applicable advertising material to an individual,
unless the licensee has obtained the prior written consent of that individual to do so.
(5)  Where an advertisement of any licensable healthcare service provided by a licensee appears in a brochure, leaflet, flyer or pamphlet, the licensee and an authorised person (if applicable) must ensure that the brochure, leaflet, flyer or pamphlet contains the date of publication.
(6)  In paragraph (4)(b), “applicable advertising material” includes a brochure, leaflet, flyer or pamphlet that contains the contact information of the licensee.