Singapore legislation
Regulation 31
Regulation 31
Infectious diseases
Subregulation 1
A licensee must —
ensure that the premises and operation of the licensee’s centre conform with such requirements as may be specified by the Chief Licensing Officer or in any code of practice, relating to the prevention of infectious diseases and state of hygiene and cleanliness in centres; and
report to a Health Officer, the Chief Licensing Officer, and the parents or guardians of all the children attending at the licensee’s centre of any suspected or known case of any infectious disease amongst the licensee’s staff or children attending at the centre in accordance with such requirements as may be specified by the Chief Licensing Officer or in any code of practice.
Subregulation 2
A licensee must not allow any individual who —
is a member of the licensee’s staff or is engaged in the preparation of food or rendering of services at the licensee’s centre; and
is suffering from an infectious disease,to enter the centre until the period of unfitness of the individual as stated in a medical certificate issued by a registered medical practitioner in respect of the individual has expired and the symptoms of the disease in the individual have resolved.
Subregulation 3
The Chief Licensing Officer may, on the advice of a Health Officer, order the closure of any centre for such period as may be considered necessary if there is found or reported more than one case of infectious disease at or about the same time amongst the staff or children at the centre or persons engaged in the preparation of food or rendering of services in the centre.