Singapore legislation
Regulation 27
Regulation 27
Illness
Subregulation 1
A licensee must not allow a child to enter the licensee’s centre, if —
the child has a fever or is feverish; or
the child is on medication.
Subregulation 2
Despite paragraph (1)(b), a licensee may allow a child to enter the licensee’s centre to attend his or her enrolled class, if the period of unfitness stated in any medical certificate signed by any registered medical practitioner with respect to the child has expired and the child does not exhibit any symptom of illness.
Subregulation 3
Every member of the licensee’s staff who is deployed to monitor the health and general wellbeing of the children when they arrive at the licensee’s centre must —
record any symptom of ill-health or infectious disease detected by the member in any child arriving at the centre;
cause the child to be taken to a supervised area designated for rest and care; and
ensure that the child remains at that area until such time as the child is taken home by the child’s parent or guardian, or any person authorised by such parent or guardian.
Subregulation 4
A licensee must ensure that every member of the licensee’s staff complies with paragraph (3).
Subregulation 5
Where a serious incident, illness or death occurs during the operating hours of a licensee’s centre to any child who is within the premises of the centre, the licensee must comply with the requirements in paragraph (7).
Subregulation 6
Where a serious incident, illness or death occurs during the operating hours of a licensee’s centre to any child who is enrolled in the centre and is attending a class conducted by the licensee, whether such class is conducted within or outside the premises of the centre, the licensee, and every member of the licensee’s staff who is deployed to supervise the class must comply with the requirements in paragraph (7).
Subregulation 7
For the purposes of paragraphs (5) and (6), the requirements are —
to immediately seek all necessary emergency medical assistance for the child;
to immediately notify a parent or guardian of the child, or any person authorised by such parent or guardian;
to maintain a proper written record of the occurrence; and
to notify the Chief Licensing Officer within 24 hours of the occurrence and if a public holiday falls during that period, on the day following the public holiday.
Subregulation 8
When a child at a licensee’s centre dies, the licensee must immediately notify the police of the death of the child.