Singapore legislation
Regulation 6
of Healthcare Services (Collaborative Prescribing Service) Regulations 2023
Regulation 6
Functions of credentialing committee
Subregulation 1
The functions of the credentialing committee are as follows:
to approve as a collaborative prescribing practitioner every pharmacist or registered nurse who meets the criteria mentioned in paragraph (2) and through whom the licensee provides or intends to provide any collaborative prescribing service;
to approve the collaborative practice agreement entered into by every collaborative prescribing practitioner mentioned in sub‑paragraph (a), before the agreement is implemented in relation to the provision of any collaborative prescribing service;
to consider the findings of the service review committee mentioned in regulation 8(b) and (g) in respect of the provision of any collaborative prescribing service by the licensee to determine whether the provision of the collaborative prescribing service by every collaborative prescribing practitioner for and on behalf of the licensee is in accordance with his or her collaborative practice agreement;
to review every collaborative practice agreement at least once every 3 years commencing after the date of that agreement, for the purpose of ensuring that the information and provisions in the collaborative practice agreement remain relevant and correct.
Subregulation 2
For the purposes of paragraph (1)(a), the criteria that a pharmacist or registered nurse must satisfy in order to be approved as a collaborative prescribing practitioner are all of the following:
the pharmacist or registered nurse must be the licensee’s personnel;
the pharmacist or registered nurse must have the requisite qualifications, experience, competency and skills to provide a collaborative prescribing service;
the pharmacist or registered nurse must have attended and completed any collaborative prescribing programme specified by the Director‑General.