Singapore legislation

Regulation 62

of Education (Schools) Regulations 1957

Regulation 62

Infectious diseases to be reported

Subregulation 1

The principal must ascertain the cause of absence of any pupil who is absent from school for more than one school day.

Subregulation 2

The principal must report at once to a medical officer any suspected or known case of infectious or contagious disease among teachers or pupils or when the principal knows or suspects that any of the pupils or teachers has been in contact with a case of infectious disease.