Singapore legislation
Regulation 14
of Healthcare Services (Nursing Home Service) Regulations 2023
Regulation 14
Backup utilities
Subregulation 1
A licensee must ensure that there is access to emergency power and lighting in every approved permanent premises to ensure the provision of a nursing home service in a proper, effective and safe manner.
Subregulation 2
Without limiting paragraph (1), the licensee must ensure that —
the emergency power and lighting are sufficient to ensure —
any procedure that has commenced may be safely completed; and
at all times, the approved permanent premises is sufficiently lit to ensure —
the safe movement of patients into, out of or within the approved permanent premises; and
the timely and safe access to fire‑fighting equipment; and
where any life support equipment is used, the life support equipment is connected to an emergency power supply at all times during its use.