Singapore legislation
Regulation 12
Regulation 12
Period for appointment of replacement Principal Officer or Clinical Governance Officer
Subregulation 1
For the purposes of section 24(10)(a) of the Act —
the prescribed period for the appointment of another Principal Officer is 10 calendar days after the removal of the previously appointed Principal Officer; and
the prescribed period for the appointment of another Clinical Governance Officer is 20 calendar days (inclusive of the period for the application for the Director-General’s approval of the Clinical Governance Officer) after the removal of the previously appointed Clinical Governance Officer.
Subregulation 2
For the purposes of section 24(10)(b) of the Act —
the prescribed period for the appointment of another Principal Officer is 10 calendar days after the previously appointed Principal Officer stops acting, or is unable to act, as Principal Officer; and
the prescribed period for the appointment of another Clinical Governance Officer is —
where the licensee had fewer than 10 calendar days’ prior notice of the previously appointed Clinical Governance Officer’s stopping, or inability, to act as Clinical Governance Officer, whether due to death or otherwise — 20 calendar days (inclusive of the period for the application for the Director-General’s approval of the Clinical Governance Officer) after the previously appointed Clinical Governance Officer stops acting, or is unable to act, as Clinical Governance Officer; and
in any other case — one calendar day (inclusive of the period for the application for the Director-General’s approval of the Clinical Governance Officer) after the previously appointed Clinical Governance Officer stops acting, or is unable to act, as Clinical Governance Officer.