Clause 6

by deleting the words “medical practitioner” in subsections (1)(a) and (b), (3) and (4) and substituting in each case the words “healthcare professional”;

by deleting subsection (5) and substituting the following subsection:“(5) In this section —“clinical laboratory”, “healthcare establishment” and “medical clinic” have the same meanings as in the Private Hospitals and Medical Clinics Act (Cap. 248);“healthcare professional” means —

a medical practitioner;

a dentist registered under the Dental Registration Act (Cap. 76);

a registered nurse or an enrolled nurse, or a registered midwife, within the meaning of the Nurses and Midwives Act (Cap. 209);

a pharmacist registered under the Pharmacists Registration Act 2007 (Act 48 of 2007);

a person registered under section 14 of the Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners Act (Cap. 333A) for the carrying out of any practice of traditional Chinese medicine prescribed under that Act; or

any other person providing any other healthcare service in Singapore.”; and

by deleting the words “medical practitioners” in the section heading and substituting the words “healthcare professionals”.