Singapore legislation
Regulation 32A
Regulation 32A
Testing of specimens
Subregulation 1
Subject to paragraph (2), a licensee who, in the provision of a licensable healthcare service, collects any specimen from an individual for the specimen to be tested must ensure that the specimen is tested by —
a licensee authorised to provide a clinical laboratory service; or
where the sample is intended to be sent for testing outside Singapore — a person who operates a clinical laboratory outside Singapore that is accredited by an accreditation body approved by the Director-General.
Subregulation 2
Paragraph (1) does not apply in relation to a licensee who tests any specimen with the use of a simple in vitro diagnostic test for a purpose that is incidental to the licensee’s provision of a licensable healthcare service.