Singapore legislation

Regulation 39

of Health Products (Therapeutic Products) Regulations 2016

Regulation 39

Responsible person

Subregulation 1

A licensee must appoint one or more persons as a responsible person to be named as such in the licence.

Subregulation 2

The licensee must ensure that —

(a)

the responsible person has adequate knowledge of the activities to be carried out and of the procedures to be performed under the licence;

(b)

the responsible person has relevant working experience relating to those activities and procedures;

(c)

in the case of a manufacturer’s licence, the responsible person named in the licence has practical experience in production supervision or in testing and checking to ensure the quality of therapeutic products or related health products;

(d)

in the case of an importer’s licence or wholesaler’s licence for the import or supply of any therapeutic product that is not registered at the request of a qualified practitioner for the use of the qualified practitioner’s patient, the responsible person named in the licence is a qualified pharmacist or such other person as the Authority may approve;

(e)

in the case of an importer’s licence or a wholesaler’s licence for the import or supply by wholesale of prescription-only medicine or pharmacy-only medicine, the responsible person named in the licence is a qualified pharmacist or such other person as the Authority may approve; and

(f)

at any time, there is at least one responsible person who is contactable by the Authority by way of a mobile telephone number or an email address.

Subregulation 3

The licensee must ensure that the responsible person discharges the duties imposed on such a person by the terms of the licence.

Subregulation 4

The licensee must ensure that no person, other than the person or persons named as the responsible person in the licence, may act as the responsible person.