Singapore legislation
Regulation 31
of Healthcare Services (Nursing Home Service) Regulations 2023
Regulation 31
Rehabilitative service
Subregulation 1
Where a patient, in the course of receiving a nursing home service from a licensee, requires the provision of a rehabilitative service, the licensee must —
provide the rehabilitative service to the patient at the licensee’s approved permanent premises; or
make arrangements for an allied health professional (who is trained in rehabilitation but is not the licensee’s personnel) to provide that rehabilitative service to the patient at premises other than the licensee’s approved permanent premises.
Subregulation 2
For the purposes of providing a rehabilitative service to a patient under paragraph (1)(a), the licensee must ensure that —
a rehabilitative plan, that has been approved or endorsed by a duly qualified allied health professional for that service, is proposed and communicated to the patient or (if the patient is a minor or lacks mental capacity) a next‑of‑kin or carer of the patient; and
the rehabilitative service is provided by a personnel who is trained in rehabilitation, and in accordance with the rehabilitative plan.
Subregulation 3
Where a licensee observes a change in the functional ability of a patient that requires the patient’s rehabilitative needs to be reassessed, the licensee must —
cause the patient’s rehabilitative needs to be reassessed by an allied health professional who is trained in rehabilitation; or
make arrangements for an allied health professional (who is trained in rehabilitation but is not the licensee’s personnel) to reassess the patient’s rehabilitative needs at premises other than the licensee’s approved permanent premises.