Singapore legislation

Clause 18

of Statutes (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill

Clause 18

Amendment of National Registry of Diseases Act 2007

In the National Registry of Diseases Act 2007, in section 2 —

(a)

after the definition of “anonymised”, insert —“ “approved conveyance” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Healthcare Services Act 2020;“approved permanent premises” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Healthcare Services Act 2020;”;

(b)

replace the definition of “healthcare institution” with —“ “healthcare institution” means —

(a)

any approved permanent premises at which, or any approved conveyance in or from which, the holder of a licence granted under the Healthcare Services Act 2020 is approved to provide any one or more of the following licensable healthcare services:

(i)

an acute hospital service;

(ii)

an ambulatory surgical centre service;

(iii)

a clinical laboratory service;

(iv)

a community hospital service;

(v)

a nuclear medicine service;

(vi)

an outpatient dental service;

(vii)

an outpatient medical service;

(viii)

an outpatient renal dialysis service;

(ix)

a radiological service;

(x)

any other licensable healthcare service that may be prescribed; or

(b)

any facility, premises or conveyance declared by the Minister, by order in the Gazette, to be a healthcare institution for the purposes of this Act;”; and

(c)

after the definition of “investigation officer”, insert —“ “licensable healthcare service” has the meaning given by section 3(1) of the Healthcare Services Act 2020;”.