Singapore legislation
Section 2
Section 2
Interpretation
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —“designated officer”, in relation to a hospital, means a person appointed under section 3 to be the designated officer of the hospital;“Director” means the Director of Medical Services;“hospital” means a hospital which is declared by the Minister, by notification in the Gazette, to be a hospital for the purposes of this Act or any part of the Act;“licensee”, in relation to a hospital, means the person to whom a licence has been issued under the Private Hospitals and Medical Clinics Act 1980 in respect of the hospital;“living donor organ transplant” means the removal of a specified organ from the body of any living person for the purpose of its transplantation into the body of another living person;“medical practitioner” means a person who is registered, or deemed to be registered, as a medical practitioner under the Medical Registration Act 1997;“organ” means —
except as provided in paragraph (b), any organ of a human body specified in the First Schedule; and
for the purposes of Parts 4 and 4A, any organ of a human body;“specified organ” means any organ of a human body specified in the Second Schedule;“transplant ethics committee”, in relation to a hospital, means a committee of the hospital appointed under section 16(1).
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“designated officer”, in relation to a hospital, means a person appointed under section 3 to be the designated officer of the hospital;
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“Director” means the Director of Medical Services;
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“hospital” means a hospital which is declared by the Minister, by notification in the Gazette, to be a hospital for the purposes of this Act or any part of the Act;
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“licensee”, in relation to a hospital, means the person to whom a licence has been issued under the Private Hospitals and Medical Clinics Act 1980 in respect of the hospital;
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“living donor organ transplant” means the removal of a specified organ from the body of any living person for the purpose of its transplantation into the body of another living person;
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“medical practitioner” means a person who is registered, or deemed to be registered, as a medical practitioner under the Medical Registration Act 1997;
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“organ” means —
except as provided in paragraph (b), any organ of a human body specified in the First Schedule; and
for the purposes of Parts 4 and 4A, any organ of a human body;
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“specified organ” means any organ of a human body specified in the Second Schedule;
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“transplant ethics committee”, in relation to a hospital, means a committee of the hospital appointed under section 16(1).