May 25, 2018
The Medical Facility Act B.E. 2541 (1998) (also known as the Sanatorium Act) was recently amended by the Medical Facility Act (No. 4) B.E. 2559 (2016) which introduced a number of changes to Thailand’s regulation of private medical facilities, e.g. private clinics and hospitals, including those performing plastic surgery. Some of the most notable changes lie in the amended Section 38, which concerns advertisements. Previously, an advertisement for a medical facility was regulated post-publication and did not require any prior approval.