Singapore legislation
Regulation 18
of Healthcare Services (Outpatient Renal Dialysis Service) Regulations 2023
Regulation 18
Requirements for remote provision
Subregulation 1
This regulation applies to a licensee who is approved to provide an outpatient renal dialysis service by remote provision.
Subregulation 2
Before a licensee provides any outpatient renal dialysis service to a patient by remote provision, the licensee must ensure that —
the licensee’s personnel who is a healthcare professional first conducts a clinical assessment of the patient in person at any of the licensee’s approved permanent premises or temporary premises; or
where it is not practicable for the patient to be clinically assessed in person before the outpatient renal dialysis service is provided remotely — the patient is given an appointment to be clinically assessed in person at any of the licensee’s approved permanent premises or temporary premises by a healthcare professional who is the licensee’s personnel.