Singapore legislation
Regulation 15
of Healthcare Services (Nursing Home Service) Regulations 2023
Regulation 15
Notification of addition or removal of beds, etc.
Subregulation 1
A licensee who intends to add or remove a bed at any approved permanent premises used for the provision of a nursing home service must, no later than 2 months before the bed is added or removed, notify the Director‑General of the intended addition or removal.
Subregulation 2
Before adding any bed at any approved permanent premises, the licensee must ensure that —
there is sufficient space at the approved permanent premises to accommodate the bed; and
there is sufficient personnel at the approved permanent premises to provide care and treatment to all the patients at the approved permanent premises after the patient capacity is increased due to the addition of the bed at the approved permanent premises.