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WAY FORWARD
The Medico Legal Section aims to reduce the number of medico legal cases in MoH. To achieve this,
regular training and awareness programme need to be conducted. Furthermore, monitoring of these
cases performed through surveillance and regular audits will be undertaken to ensure that the high
standards and quality of services being provided to all MoH clients are maintained.
The Section planned to improve our performance with various activities for 2017 namely:
i. Organizing Technical Meetings for Medico Legal Units at the hospitals and State Health
Departments. The aim is to get feedback from all states and providing updates on management
of potential medico legal cases.
ii. Drafting of Management of Cerebral Palsy Consensus Guideline
iii. Revising and updating the “Guideline on Management of Medico Legal Complaints 2007”
iv. Development of “Ex Gratia Policy Guideline”
v. Field Audits on improvement of service quality based on External Inquiry recommendations

PRIVATE MEDICAL PRACTICE CONTROL SECTION
The Private Medical Practice Control Section (CKAPS) undertakes the role to implement and enforce
the Private Healthcare Facilities and Services Act 1998 [Act 586] which has come to its eleventh year of
implementation in 2017. The regulation and control of private healthcare facilities and services under this
Act include registration, approval, licensing, handling of complaints, evaluation of quality, enforcement
activities and matters relating to the private healthcare facilities and services (PHFS).

There are three (3) main sectors under this Section, namely:
1. Policy, Resources and Standard Sector;
2. Technical and Operational Sector;
Under this sector, there are five units –
i. Clinic Unit;
ii. Haemodialysis Unit;
iii. Hospital Unit;
iv. Psychiatric, Nursing Home and Hospice Unit; and
v. Ambulatory Care Centre, Blood Bank, Maternity Home and Combined Unit.
3. Services Evaluation Sector;
The services evaluation sector unit is made up of four units –
i. Complaint Unit;
ii. Quality Unit;
iii. Enforcement Unit; and
iv. Prosecution Unit.

MAIN ACTIVITIES UNDER CKAPS

1. Clinic Unit
The scopes and functions of Clinic Unit under CKAPS are to process the applications related to
Certificate of Registrations (COR) of private medical clinics and private dental clinics, as listed below:
i. Registrations of private medical clinics and private dental clinics;
ii. Transfer of Certificate of Registration;
iii. Amendment to Certificate of Registration;
iv. Duplicate of Certificate of Registration;
v. Disposal of Certificate of Registration;

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