Singapore legislation
Regulation 14
of Healthcare Services (Outpatient Dental Service) Regulations 2023
Regulation 14
General requirements relating to provision of patient care
Subregulation 1
A licensee must ensure that every patient is properly assessed and the appropriate dental care and treatment is provided to the patient in a proper, effective and safe manner.
Subregulation 2
Subject to paragraph (3), a licensee must ensure that —
no personnel provides a service or does an act beyond his or her professional expertise and qualifications; and
the provision of any service, or carrying out of any act, that is necessary to support the provision of an outpatient dental service and requires the provision of direct care to a patient by any personnel who is not a dentist, is supervised by the dentist who is charged with the care of the patient.
Subregulation 3
Paragraph (2)(b) does not apply to a service that is provided, or an act carried out, by a healthcare professional in the course of his or her practice as a healthcare professional.