Exemption in relation to provision of traditional medicine, etc.
18.—(1)  Subject to sub-paragraph (2), section 8 of the Act does not apply to any of the following:
(a)the practice of a system of therapeutics according to a Chinese, Malay or Indian method by a person;
(b)the provision of chiropractic or osteopathic services by a person;
(c)the provision of complementary and alternative medicine services by a person.
(2)  Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply in relation to the performance by a person of any invasive procedure that penetrates beyond the epidermis layer of an individual’s skin and which changes, or is intended to change, that individual’s appearance or anatomy.
[S 422/2023 wef 26/06/2023]