Saturday, December 03, 2005
Emergency treatment and services
PRIVATE HEALTHCARE FACILITIES AND SERVICES ACT 1998
38. Emergency treatment and services.
(1) Every licensed and registered private healthcare facility or service shall at all times be capable of instituting, and making available, essential life saving measures and implementing emergency procedures on any person requiring such treatment or services.
(2) The nature and scope of such emergency measures, procedures and services shall be as prescribed.
117. General offence and penalty.
(1) A person who contravenes any of the provisions General of this Act for which no express provision making its contravention an offence has been provided commits an offence.
(2) Where no penalty is expressly provided for an offence under this Act, a person who commits such offence shall be liable on conviction—
(a) in the case of a natural person—
(i) to a fine not exceeding ten thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to both; and
(ii) for a continuing offence to a fine not exceeding five hundred ringgit for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction;
(b) in the case of a body corporate, partnership or society—
(i) to a fine not exceeding thirty thousand ringgit; and
(ii) in the case of a continuing offence, to a fine not exceeding two thousand ringgit for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction.
(3) Where an offence under subsection (1) is committed by a body corporate, a partnership or a society—
(a) in the case of a body corporate, the person responsible for the body corporate;
(b) in the case of a partnership, every partner in the partnership;
(c) in the case of a society its office bearers,
38. Emergency treatment and services.
(1) Every licensed and registered private healthcare facility or service shall at all times be capable of instituting, and making available, essential life saving measures and implementing emergency procedures on any person requiring such treatment or services.
(2) The nature and scope of such emergency measures, procedures and services shall be as prescribed.
117. General offence and penalty.
(2) Where no penalty is expressly provided for an offence under this Act, a person who commits such offence shall be liable on conviction—
(a) in the case of a natural person—
(i) to a fine not exceeding ten thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to both; and
(ii) for a continuing offence to a fine not exceeding five hundred ringgit for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction;
(b) in the case of a body corporate, partnership or society—
(i) to a fine not exceeding thirty thousand ringgit; and
(ii) in the case of a continuing offence, to a fine not exceeding two thousand ringgit for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction.
(3) Where an offence under subsection (1) is committed by a body corporate, a partnership or a society—
(a) in the case of a body corporate, the person responsible for the body corporate;
(b) in the case of a partnership, every partner in the partnership;
(c) in the case of a society its office bearers,
