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(4) To avoid doubt, the Director is not confined to consideration of the matters specified in subsection (3) and may take into account any other matters and evidence that may be relevant.
(5) In subsection (3), “applicable Act” means any of the following Acts:
- (a) the Allied Health Professions Act (Cap. 6B);
- (b) the Dental Registration Act;
- (c) the Medical Registration Act;
- (d) the Nurses and Midwives Act (Cap. 209);
- (e) the Optometrists and Opticians Act (Cap. 213A);
- (f) the Pharmacists Registration Act (Cap. 230);
- (g) the Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners Act (Cap. 333A).
Meanings of “healthcare service” and “licensable healthcare service”
3.—(1) In this Act—
- “healthcare service” means any of the following services, whether or not provided for reward:
- (a) assessment, diagnosis, treatment, prevention or alleviation of an ailment, a condition, disability, disease, disorder or an injury affecting any part of the human body or mind;
- (b) nursing or rehabilitative care of an individual suffering from an ailment, a condition, disability, disease, disorder or an injury mentioned in paragraph (a);
- (c) conduct of any clinical procedure to change, or that is intended to change, the appearance or anatomy of an individual;
- (d) assessment of the health of an individual;
