Singapore legislation
Regulation 5
of Infectious Diseases (Notification of Prescribed Infectious Diseases) Regulations 2008
Regulation 5
Time for notification by medical practitioner
Subregulation 1
For the purposes of section 6(1) of the Act, the prescribed time for notification by a medical practitioner is as follows:
where the medical practitioner has reason to believe or suspects that a person attended or treated by the medical practitioner is suffering from, or is a carrier of, a prescribed infectious disease mentioned in the second column of Part 1 or 2 (as the case may be) of the Schedule — the time specified in the third column of that Part that corresponds to that prescribed infectious disease, starting when the medical practitioner so believes or suspects; and
where a medical practitioner —
has reason to believe or suspects that a person attended or treated by the medical practitioner is suffering from, or is a carrier of, a prescribed infectious disease mentioned in the second column of Part 1 or 3 (as the case may be) of the Schedule; and
during the attendance or treatment, performs a diagnostic test on that person and becomes aware that the person is suffering from, or is a carrier of, that prescribed infectious disease,the time specified in the third column of that Part that corresponds to that prescribed infectious disease, starting when the medical practitioner becomes so aware.
Subregulation 2
For the purposes of section 6(3)(b) of the Act and subject to paragraph (3), the prescribed time for notification by a medical practitioner who is aware or suspects that a person has died while suffering from, or being a carrier of, a prescribed infectious disease mentioned in the second column of Part 1 or 2 (as the case may be) of the Schedule is the time specified in the third column of that Part that corresponds to that prescribed infectious disease, starting when the medical practitioner becomes so aware or suspects.
Subregulation 3
To avoid doubt, paragraph (2) does not apply if the medical practitioner had notified the Director‑General of Health under section 6(1) of the Act that the medical practitioner had reason to believe or suspect that the person was suffering from, or was a carrier of, the prescribed infectious disease.