The function of Telemedicine Act 1997 is for the qualified medical practitioner to practise using the video, audio or even data communication. The provision regarding regulation in the Telemedicine Act 1997 is provided in the Section 6. Section 6(1) stated that the minister may make such regulations as appear to him to be necessary or expedient for carrying into effect the provisions of this Act.
Section 6(2) is about without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), regulations may be made-
(a) to prescribe the minimum standards in respect of any facility, computer, apparatus, appliance, equipment, instrument, material, articles, and substances which are to be used in the practise of telemedicine on any premises
(b) to provide for acceptable quality assurance and quality control in respect of telemedicine services
(c) to require persons practising telemedicine to maintain such books, records, and reports as may be necessary for the proper enforcement and administration of this Act and to prescribe the manner in which such books, records, and reports are to be kept and issued
(d) to require the furnishing of statistical information to the Director General
(e) to provide that the contravention of any provision of any regulation made under this Act shall constitute an offence and that person convicted shall be liable to a fine or imprisonment or both but such fine shall not exceed five thousand ringgit and such imprisonment shall not exceed one year
(f) to prescribe such offence under this Act or the regulations made under this Act which may be compaunded and the person by whom and the manner in which such offence may be compounded
(g) to prescribe any other matter which is required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed
This act had been given royal assent in 18 June 1997, and then been gazetted in 30 June 1997. However, the problem is that this act has not been enforced until today.
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