Singapore legislation
Regulation 61
Regulation 61
Infectious diseases
Subregulation 1
The officer-in-charge of a place of detention may, at any time, require any detained person in the place of detention to undergo a medical examination by a medical officer for the place of detention or a registered medical practitioner for the purposes of ascertaining whether the detained person is suffering from, or is a carrier of, any infectious disease.
Subregulation 2
Where a detained person refuses to undergo the medical examination mentioned in paragraph (1) or refuses to provide any sample necessary for the purposes of such an examination, the medical officer or registered medical practitioner (as the case may be) must, without delay, give to the Superintendent of the place of detention a written notification.
Subregulation 3
The Superintendent of a place of detention may, upon receiving a written notification mentioned in paragraph (2) in respect of a detained person in the place of detention, direct that the detained person be detained separately from any other detained persons until the detained person undergoes the medical examination mentioned in paragraph (1).
Subregulation 4
Where a medical officer for a place of detention ascertains that a detained person in the place of detention is (or is likely to be) suffering from, or is (or is likely to be) a carrier of, any infectious disease, the medical officer must without delay, give to the Superintendent of the place of detention a written report containing —
the medical officer’s diagnosis; and
the medical officer’s recommendations on —
treating the detained person; and (ii)preventing the spread (or possible spread) of the infectious disease to other persons.
Subregulation 5
The Superintendent of a place of detention may, upon receiving a written report mentioned in paragraph (4) in respect of a detained person in the place of detention, direct that —
the detained person be detained separately from other detained persons;
the detained person be removed from the place of detention to a hospital, or any place at which the detained person is required to undergo medical examination or medical treatment under section 8(1) of the Infectious Diseases Act 1976; and
the detained person be detained separately under sub-paragraph (a), or kept at the hospital or place mentioned in sub-paragraph (b), until a medical officer for the place of detention or a registered medical practitioner of the hospital or place mentioned in sub-paragraph (b) certifies that the detained person is free from infection or that the risk of spreading the infectious disease to other persons is eliminated.