Singapore legislation

Regulation 39A

of Healthcare Services (General) Regulations 2021

Regulation 39A

Issue of medical certificates

Amended byS 780/2024 wef 14/10/2024

Subregulation 1

A licensee must ensure that every medical certificate that is issued in respect of a patient of the licensee —

(a)

is issued by a personnel of the licensee who —

(i)

is a medical practitioner or dentist; and

(ii)

had provided medical or dental care (as the case may be) to the patient; and

(b)

states the name and registration number of the medical practitioner or dentist who issued the medical certificate.

Subregulation 2

In this regulation, “registration number” —

(a)

in relation to a dentist, means the registration number assigned to the dentist by the Singapore Dental Council upon registration under the Dental Registration Act 1999; or

(b)

in relation to a medical practitioner, means the registration number assigned to the medical practitioner by the Singapore Medical Council upon registration under the Medical Registration Act 1997.