Singapore legislation

Regulation 11

of Healthcare Services (Nuclear Medicine Service) Regulations 2023

Regulation 11

General requirements relating to personnel

Subregulation 1

A licensee must ensure that each personnel —

(a)

has the necessary qualifications, having regard to the type and nature of the work performed by that personnel;

(b)

is assessed on the personnel’s competencies before the personnel is allowed to perform any task or provide any service in relation to the licensee’s provision of the nuclear medicine service;

(c)

attends adequate training on a regular basis in relation to the provision of the nuclear medicine service;

(d)

attends appropriate training on a regular basis in relation to radiation safety awareness; and

(e)

is assessed periodically on the personnel’s competencies and work performance.

Subregulation 2

A licensee must ensure that any personnel who has less than 3 years of relevant experience does not perform any task or provide any service in relation to the provision of a nuclear medicine service except under the close supervision of —

(a)

a Clinical Governance Officer; or

(b)

another personnel with at least 3 years of relevant experience.

Subregulation 3

For the purposes of paragraph (2), the relevant experience of a personnel, in relation to a task performed or service provided in relation to the provision of the nuclear medicine service, means —

(a)

where the task or service may be lawfully performed or provided only by an individual who is a healthcare professional or radiation safety officer — the personnel’s working experience in relation to the task or service after the personnel is registered as a healthcare professional or is appointed as a radiation safety officer, as the case may be; or

(b)

in any other case — the personnel’s working experience in relation to the task or service.

Subregulation 4

This regulation does not affect any requirement for the appointment of any person by a licensee for or in relation to the provision of the nuclear medicine service under any other written law.

Subregulation 5

In this regulation, “healthcare professional” means —

(a)

a duly qualified allied health professional;

(b)

a medical practitioner;

(c)

a registered nurse, enrolled nurse or registered midwife within the meaning of the Nurses and Midwives Act 1999 who holds a valid practising certificate under that Act; or

(d)

a pharmacist who is registered under the Pharmacists Registration Act 2007 and holds a valid practising certificate under that Act.