Singapore legislation
Section 28
Section 28
Employment of unqualified person to practise nursing or midwifery
(1)
A person must not employ or engage a person who is not a qualified nurse to carry out any act of nursing.
(2)
A person must not employ or engage a person who is not a qualified midwife to attend a woman at childbirth.
(3)
Any person who contravenes subsection (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 and, in the case of a second or subsequent conviction, to a fine not exceeding $20,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.
(4)
Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to the employment or engagement of —
a medical practitioner;
a person to care for —
the person employing or engaging him or her; or
a family member, relative or friend of the person employing or engaging him or her; or
a person of a prescribed description or class.
(5)
In any proceeding for an offence under this section, it is a defence for a defendant to prove that —
the defendant did not know that the person concerned was not a qualified nurse or qualified midwife, as the case may be; and
the defendant had exercised due diligence to ascertain if that person was a qualified nurse or qualified midwife, as the case may be.