The removal of 14-day notice period prior to the modification of licence conditions for groups of licensees is needed for when there is immediate or imminent harm to patient safety. This allows MOH to take immediate public health actions to address patient safety issues expeditiously in the case of special circumstances such as a pandemic or public health emergency.

To clarify, outside of these prescribed circumstances, the prescribed mandatory minimum 14-day period will be retained for the modification of licence conditions for individual licensees in the interest of natural justice for the licensee.