Singapore legislation
Clause 6
Clause 6
Duty to notify Registrar of reportable diseases
(1)
Where a person is diagnosed with or undergoes treatment for a reportable disease at a healthcare institution, the manager of the healthcare institution shall, in such form and within such time as may be prescribed, notify the Registrar of that fact.
(2)
Any manager of a healthcare institution who —
without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with the requirements of subsection (1); or
in compliance or purported compliance with subsection (1), furnishes as true information which he knows or has reason to believe to be false,shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000.
(3)
A certificate under the hand of the Registrar stating that a notification required under subsection (1) has not been furnished or is incorrect shall be prima facie evidence of the facts stated in the certificate.