Singapore legislation

Clause 2

of Voluntary Sterilization (Amendment) Bill

Clause 2

Amendment of section 2

Section 2 of the Voluntary Sterilization Act (referred to in this Act as the principal Act) is amended by deleting the definitions of “approved institution” and “registered medical practitioner” and substituting the following definitions:“ “health institution” means —

(a)

any private hospital licensed under the Private Hospitals and Medical Clinics Act (Cap. 248);

(b)

any medical clinic licensed under the Private Hospitals and Medical Clinics Act to provide ambulatory surgery services; or

(c)

any specialist medical clinic;“registered medical practitioner” has the same meaning as in the Medical Registration Act (Cap. 174);“specialist medical clinic” means a medical clinic —

(a)

that is licensed under the Private Hospitals and Medical Clinics Act; and

(b)

at which a registered medical practitioner, who is registered under section 22 of the Medical Registration Act as a specialist in such branches of medicine as may be prescribed, works;”.

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