Singapore legislation
Regulation 8
Regulation 8
Cessation of operation or surrender of licence — duties of licensee
Subregulation 1
This regulation applies to a licensee who intends to —
wholly and permanently stop operating the licensable SRH to which the licensee’s licence relates, except upon the lapsing of the licence; or
for any reason surrender the licence.
Subregulation 2
A licensee mentioned in paragraph (1) must, before the licensee stops operating the licensable SRH, do all of the following in relation to every resident of the licensable SRH:
inform every resident or his or her authorised representative that the licensee intends to stop operating the licensable SRH and the intended date of cessation;
subject to the consent of the resident or authorised representative or any order or direction given under any written law (as the case may be), arrange for the resident to be transferred to the care of another licensee who operates the same type of licensable SRH or another suitable care setting;
where the resident is transferred to the care of another licensee before the licensee stops operating the licensable SRH — transfer the resident’s care records to the other licensee;
where the resident is not transferred to the care of another licensee before the licensee stops operating the licensable SRH — transfer the resident’s care records to the resident or the resident’s authorised representative.
Subregulation 3
In this regulation, “care records”, in relation to a resident of a licensable SRH, means the records relating to the resident’s medical and other care needs.