Singapore legislation
Regulation 38
of Healthcare Services (Acute Hospital Service) Regulations 2023
Regulation 38
Testing of specimen
A licensee must not test any specimen for a patient unless —
(a)
a medical practitioner, dentist or collaborative prescribing practitioner who is the licensee’s personnel orders the test for the patient;
(b)
the testing of the specimen only involves the conduct of a simple in vitro diagnostic test; and
(c)
the testing of the specimen is provided only as a service incidental to the provision of an acute hospital service.