Section 153 of Public Health Act CAP 242: Regulation of nursing homes, etc.
(1) The Minister, on the advice of the board, may make rules for the conduct and inspection of nursing homes convalescent homes, private hospitals, private mental hospitals, maternity homes, infirmaries or any institutions where invalids, convalescents or children are treated or received upon payment of fees or charges, and no person shall open, or keep open, any such premises unless the premises and the keeper thereof are licensed by the board.
(2) The Director of Medical Services, on the advice of the board, may authorize a medical practitioner to visit and inspect any such premises, as are mentioned in subsection (1) and to report to the board upon any matter or thing connected with such premises or the use thereof.
(3) Any person who knowingly obstructs an authorized medical practitioner in any inspection authorized by the Director of Medical Services, under subsection (2), shall be guilty of an offence.
(4) The board may refuse to grant a licence and may cancel any licence which has been granted under this section on any of the following grounds—
(a) that the premises in respect of which a licence is sought or has been
granted are unsuitable or otherwise do not conform with the requirements of any rules made under this section;
(b) that the granting or continuance of a licence would be contrary to the public interest;
(c) that the person in respect of whom a keeper’s licence is sought or has been granted has failed to satisfy the board that he or she is a fit and proper person to be trusted to conduct or to continue to conduct the premises for which the keeper’s licence is sought or has been granted.
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