Singapore legislation

Regulation 29

of Healthcare Services (Human Tissue Banking Service) Regulations 2023

Regulation 29

Import of processed human tissue

A licensee must not, in relation to the provision of a human tissue banking service, import any processed human tissue from a person outside Singapore unless —

(a)

that person is accredited by an accreditation body approved by the Director‑General; or

(b)

a Clinical Governance Officer approves the importation of the processed human tissue and the processed human tissue —

(i)

is urgently needed for transplant to a victim of an event in which there are 10 or more persons injured in that event; and

(ii)

is not available for importation from a person mentioned in paragraph (a).