Singapore legislation

Regulation 5

of Healthcare Services (Blood Banking Service) Regulations 2021

Regulation 5

Qualifications, skills and competencies of Clinical Governance Officer

Amended byS 388/2023 wef 26/06/2023S 842/2023 wef 18/12/2023S 388/2023 wef 26/06/2023S 388/2023 wef 26/06/2023

Subregulation 1

Amended byS 388/2023 wef 26/06/2023S 842/2023 wef 18/12/2023S 388/2023 wef 26/06/2023

For the purposes of section 24(3)(b) of the Act, a licensee must appoint as a Clinical Governance Officer of a blood banking service a fully registered medical practitioner with —

(a)

either of the following qualifications, skills and competencies:

(i)

registration under section 22 of the Medical Registration Act 1997 as a specialist in the branch of haematology;

(ii)

both of the following:

(A)

registration under section 22 of the Medical Registration Act 1997 as a specialist in the branch of pathology;

(B)

training in transfusion medicine; and

(b)

at least 5 years of work experience in Singapore in —

(i)

transfusion medicine —

(A)

in relation to the provision of an acute hospital service by a person authorised by a licence to do; or

(B)

in any private hospital licensed under the repealed Act before 26 June 2023, where the private hospital was licensed as a medical hospital, a surgical hospital or both; or

(ii)

any other area relevant to the provision of a blood banking service with any licensee.

Subregulation 2

In paragraph (1), “fully registered medical practitioner” has the meaning given by section 2 of the Medical Registration Act 1997.