Private Hospitals and Medical Clinics Act |
Private Hospitals and Medical Clinics (Publicity) Regulations 2004 |
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Citation and commencement |
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Private Hospitals and Medical Clinics (Publicity) Regulations 2004 and shall come into operation on 17th May 2004. |
Definitions |
2. In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —
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Publicity subject to any written law and these Regulations |
3. Subject to these Regulations and to any other written law, the licensee of a healthcare institution may publicise or cause to be publicised the services of the healthcare institution. |
Publicity within Singapore |
Advertising media |
5.—(1) The licensee of a healthcare institution shall ensure that any publicity of the services of the healthcare institution appears only in newspapers, directories, medical journals, magazines, brochures, leaflets, pamphlets and the Internet.
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Publicity in conjunction with any person |
6. The licensee of a healthcare institution shall ensure that the publicity of the services of the healthcare institution in conjunction with the publicity of any activity, event or programme of any person complies with regulation 4(1). |
Interviews |
7.—(1) The licensee or an employee of a healthcare institution may, at the request of any print or broadcast media organisation, consent to be interviewed.
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Contributions to good causes |
8. Where the licensee of a healthcare institution contributes to any good cause in the name of the healthcare institution, whether by way of donation, sponsorship or subscription, he shall ensure that any public acknowledgment of the contribution by the recipient does not state any information pertaining to the healthcare institution except the name of the healthcare institution. |
Filming on premises of healthcare institutions |
9.—(1) The licensee of a healthcare institution shall ensure that neither he nor an employee of the healthcare institution solicits for participation in filming on the premises of the healthcare institution.
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Publicity of public workshops, etc. |
10. The licensee of a healthcare institution may publicise any public workshop, seminar or symposium organised by the healthcare institution. |
Publicity outside Singapore |
11. The licensee of a healthcare institution may publicise the services of the healthcare institution in any country outside Singapore, and where he does so, regulations 4 to 9 shall not apply. |
Country where publicity is conducted |
12.—(1) For the purposes of these Regulations, publicity shall be deemed to be conducted in the country in which it is reasonably expected to be received or accessible in the normal course of events.
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Penalty |
13. Any person who contravenes regulation 4(1) or (2), 5, 6, 7(2), 8 or 9 shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000. |
Made this 13th day of May 2004.
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, Singapore. |
[MH 36:38; AG/LEG/SL/248/2002/1 Vol. 1] |
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