Singapore legislation

Regulation 26

of Healthcare Services (Acute Hospital Service) Regulations 2023

Regulation 26

Prohibition against use of terms “A&E”, etc.

A licensee must not use the term “general hospital”, “A&E”, “Accident and Emergency Department” or “Emergency Department”, or any abbreviation or derivative of that term, in any language, to convey the impression that the licensee provides any emergency department service, unless the licensee is approved to provide an emergency department service as a specified service for the acute hospital service.