Singapore legislation

Regulation 3

of National Registry of Diseases (Acute Myocardial Infarction Notification) Regulations 2012

Regulation 3

Form, time and manner of notification for acute myocardial infarction

For the purposes of section 6(1) of the Act, a notification by the manager of a healthcare institution to the Registrar that a person has been diagnosed with or is undergoing treatment for acute myocardial infarction at the healthcare institution shall —

(a)

contain the information specified in the First Schedule;

(b)

be made in the appropriate Form or Listing specified in the Second Schedule, which Form or Listing may be downloaded from the Registry’s Internet website at http://www.nrdo.gov.sg or obtained from the office of the Registry during such hours as the office is open for business;

(c)

be sent to the Registrar —

(i)

by hand (including by courier);

(ii)

by registered mail; or

(iii)

by using such secure electronic notification system as may be approved by the Registrar; and

(d)

be made —

(i)

where the patient has been diagnosed with acute myocardial infarction, not later than 3 months after the diagnosis of that disease was first made;

(ii)

where the patient is undergoing treatment for acute myocardial infarction which commenced before 1st September 2012 and continues on or after that date, not later than 30th November 2012; or

(iii)

where the patient is undergoing treatment for acute myocardial infarction which commenced on or after 1st September 2012, not later than 3 months after the treatment commenced.