Government healthcare service not affected
5. This Act does not apply to or in relation to any healthcare service provided by the Government.
Interface with other laws
6. To avoid doubt, this Act does not affect the operation of any of the following:
- (a) the Allied Health Professions Act;
- (b) the Dental Registration Act;
- (c) the Medical Registration Act;
- (d) the Nurses and Midwives Act;
- (e) the Optometrists and Opticians Act;
- (f) the Pharmacists Registration Act;
- (g) the Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners Act.
Administration of Act
7.—(1) The Director of Medical Services is, subject to the general or special directions of the Minister, responsible for the administration of this Act.
(2) The Director may, in relation to any provision in this Act, appoint a public officer or an officer of any public authority to be an authorised officer for the purposes of that provision, either generally or in a particular case.
(3) Subject to subsection (4), the Director may delegate the exercise of all or any of the powers conferred or duties imposed on the Director under this Act (except the power of appointment conferred by this section and the power of delegation conferred by this subsection) to an authorised officer; and any reference in the provision of this Act to the Director includes a reference to the authorised officer.
(4) Any delegation under subsection (3) may be general or specific, and may be subject to any conditions or limitations that the Director may specify.
