Singapore legislation
Regulation 34
Regulation 34
Contents and maintenance of children’s records
Subregulation 1
A licensee must keep and maintain up‑to‑date records of —
a class register for every class conducted at the licensee’s centre that specifies all the following information on each child attending the class:
name;
date of birth;
daily records of the child’s attendance at the class;
daily records of the time at which the child leaves the centre for the day; and
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:
the application for enrolment signed by a parent or guardian of the child;
the child’s birth certificate number or Singapore citizenship certificate number (whichever is applicable);
the name, date of birth and residential address of the child;
the following particulars of a parent or guardian of the child:
name;
identity card number;
residential address;
email address;
contact number;
a copy of any document evidencing the mother’s employment status, or if the child has no mother, the father’s employment status;
where the child has a single parent, a copy of any document evidencing the single status of the child’s parent;
such other particulars as may be specified by the Chief Licensing Officer;
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;
every written authorisation or consent given by a parent or guardian of the child regarding the following matters:
any emergency medical care to be administered on the child;
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);
the child’s participation in any programme conducted outside of the centre during the centre’s operating hours;
the following particulars of the authorised person mentioned in sub-paragraph (f)(ii):
name;
identity card number;
residential address;
email address;
contact number;
such other particulars as may be specified by the Chief Licensing Officer;
if the child has a family physician, the following particulars of the family physician:
name;
contact address;
contact number;
the date on which the child is enrolled in the centre;
the date on which the child is withdrawn from the centre (if applicable);
the monthly fees and other charges that are payable to the licensee in relation to the child;
the monthly fees and other charges that are collected by the licensee in relation to the child;
if the child is 18 months of age or younger, a 3‑monthly record of the growth of the child;
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);
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);
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 —
the Chief Licensing Officer or an authorised officer; or
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 —
inform the Chief Licensing Officer of the number of children enrolled in the centre; and
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.