Singapore legislation

Regulation 34

of Early Childhood Development Centres Regulations 2018

Regulation 34

Contents and maintenance of children’s records

Subregulation 1

A licensee must keep and maintain up‑to‑date records of —

(a)

a class register for every class conducted at the licensee’s centre that specifies all the following information on each child attending the class:

(i)

name;

(ii)

date of birth;

(iii)

daily records of the child’s attendance at the class;

(iv)

daily records of the time at which the child leaves the centre for the day; and

(b)

the information mentioned in paragraph (2) for every child enrolled in that centre.

Subregulation 2

For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), the information is as follows:

(a)

the application for enrolment signed by a parent or guardian of the child;

(b)

the child’s birth certificate number or Singapore citizenship certificate number (whichever is applicable);

(c)

the name, date of birth and residential address of the child;

(d)

the following particulars of a parent or guardian of the child:

(i)

name;

(ii)

identity card number;

(iii)

residential address;

(iv)

email address;

(v)

contact number;

(vi)

a copy of any document evidencing the mother’s employment status, or if the child has no mother, the father’s employment status;

(vii)

where the child has a single parent, a copy of any document evidencing the single status of the child’s parent;

(viii)

such other particulars as may be specified by the Chief Licensing Officer;

(e)

if applicable, any medical information, including special safety requirements, relating to the child that is provided by a parent or guardian of the child, or a registered medical practitioner for the child;

(f)

every written authorisation or consent given by a parent or guardian of the child regarding the following matters:

(i)

any emergency medical care to be administered on the child;

(ii)

the release of the child from the centre to a person authorised by the parent or guardian to receive the child after the end of the child’s class (called in this paragraph the authorised person);

(iii)

the child’s participation in any programme conducted outside of the centre during the centre’s operating hours;

(g)

the following particulars of the authorised person mentioned in sub-paragraph (f)(ii):

(i)

name;

(ii)

identity card number;

(iii)

residential address;

(iv)

email address;

(v)

contact number;

(vi)

such other particulars as may be specified by the Chief Licensing Officer;

(h)

if the child has a family physician, the following particulars of the family physician:

(i)

name;

(ii)

contact address;

(iii)

contact number;

(i)

the date on which the child is enrolled in the centre;

(j)

the date on which the child is withdrawn from the centre (if applicable);

(k)

the monthly fees and other charges that are payable to the licensee in relation to the child;

(l)

the monthly fees and other charges that are collected by the licensee in relation to the child;

(m)

if the child is 18 months of age or younger, a 3‑monthly record of the growth of the child;

(n)

up-to-date health information on the child including medical reports, vaccination and immunisation history, all known allergies, chronic physical problems, injuries, and infectious diseases (if any);

(o)

a written recommendation, signed by a registered medical practitioner, with regard to any special requirement for diet, rest or exercise in relation to the child (if any);

(p)

reports of any serious incident involving the child, any incident where the child required hospitalisation, or the death of the child (if applicable).

Subregulation 3

A licensee must keep all records of the children enrolled in the licensee’s centre confidential and must ensure that the records are not inspected by a person who is not —

(a)

the Chief Licensing Officer or an authorised officer; or

(b)

authorised by law to inspect the records.

Subregulation 4

Despite paragraph (3), a licensee may allow a parent or guardian of a child who is enrolled in the licensee’s centre to inspect any records relating to the child.

Subregulation 5

A licensee must, at such frequency and within such time as may be specified by the Chief Licensing Officer —

(a)

inform the Chief Licensing Officer of the number of children enrolled in the centre; and

(b)

submit to the Chief Licensing Officer the information mentioned in paragraph (2)(a), (b), (c), (d)(i) to (v), (i) and (j) relating to each such child.