Singapore legislation

Regulation 13

of Healthcare Services (Outpatient Renal Dialysis Service) Regulations 2023

Regulation 13

Nursing services

Subregulation 1

A licensee must ensure that there is an adequate number of nursing personnel —

(a)

present at each approved permanent premises during the period when any outpatient renal dialysis service is provided at the approved permanent premises;

(b)

available at all times to be present in person at any temporary premises to provide nursing care to any patient receiving haemodialysis at the temporary premises; and

(c)

who have the appropriate qualifications, experience and competency to ensure that timely and appropriate nursing care is provided to the licensee’s patients.

Subregulation 2

Without limiting paragraph (1), the licensee must allocate the appropriate nursing personnel commensurate to the number and type of patients expected at each premises at which the licensee provides an outpatient renal dialysis service, to ensure the safe provision of the outpatient renal dialysis service.