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Clause 2

of Infectious Diseases (Amendment) Bill

Clause 2

Amendment of section 2

Section 2 of the Infectious Diseases Act (called in this Act the principal Act) is amended —

(a)

by deleting the definition of “AIDS” and substituting the following definition:“ “appropriate Minister” means —

(a)

in the following cases, the Minister charged with the responsibility for health and sanitary measures in relation to vessels, aircraft, vehicles and persons entering or leaving Singapore:

(i)

the establishment of any advisory committee for the purpose of giving advice to the Director‑General under section 5;

(ii)

any purpose relating to sections 28, 29 and 33 to 45, including the making of subsidiary legislation in relation to any of those sections; or

(b)

in any other case, the Minister charged with the responsibility for regulation of diseases and disease control;”;

(b)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “contact”, the following definition:“ “contact tracing measure” means any measure to facilitate the tracing of contacts of an infectious disease;”;

(c)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “HIV Infection”, the following definition:“ “individually‑identifiable”, when used to describe information or samples pertaining to a person, means that the identity of that person can be readily discovered or ascertained from that information or sample;”;

(d)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “master”, the following definition:“ “medical examination” includes the carrying out by a person (called the examiner) of any of the measures mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (f), with a view to ascertaining a person’s state of health, whether or not the examiner is present with the person being examined:

(a)

physical examination of the person;

(b)

obtaining the person’s bodily samples;

(c)

obtaining images of, or measuring, the person’s physiology;

(d)

measuring or monitoring the person’s physiological signs;

(e)

obtaining the clinical history of the person;

(f)

a measure to facilitate the carrying out of anything in paragraphs (a) to (e);”;

(e)

by deleting the definition of “Minister”; and

(f)

by deleting the definition of “surveillance” and substituting the following definition:“ “surveillance” means subjecting a person or persons to medical examinations or observations carried out over a period of time (whether or not continuously) and includes carrying out any measures to facilitate those medical examinations or observations;”.

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