Singapore legislation
Regulation 29
of Healthcare Services (Acute Hospital Service) Regulations 2023
Regulation 29
Requirements relating to equipment, etc., for licensees approved to provide emergency department service
Subregulation 1
A licensee must —
for every approved permanent premises where an emergency department service is or is to be provided, designate separate areas at the approved permanent premises as the ambulance unloading bay and the resuscitation area;
ensure that the ambulance unloading bay is located near to, and is easily accessible from, the resuscitation area;
designate an area within the emergency department as the area at which patients with different patient acuity are treated and observed; and
ensure that there is a bed available for each patient at the resuscitation area.
Subregulation 2
In this regulation —
Definition
“ambulance unloading bay” means the area at which an ambulance transporting a patient to the approved permanent premises may stop or park for the unloading of the patient;
Definition
“emergency department” means the area at the approved permanent premises that is designated as the area at which emergency department services are provided to patients;
Definition
“patient acuity”, in relation to a patient, means the severity of the patient’s illness or medical condition;
Definition
“resuscitation area” means an area within the emergency department at which any resuscitation service may be provided to a patient.