Termination of Pregnancy Regulations

An application for the approval of any institution, hospital, maternity home, clinic or other place as an approved institution must be made in the form set out at the specified website.

To avoid doubt, in paragraph (1), “institution, hospital, maternity home, clinic or other place” includes the approved permanent premises of a person who holds a licence under the Healthcare Services Act 2020 to provide any of the following licensable healthcare services:

In paragraph (2) —

An application made under paragraph (1) may be rejected without giving any reason.

The approval granted to any institution under paragraph (1) may be cancelled without giving any reason.

Any approval for the use of any place as an approved institution shall, unless cancelled under paragraph (5), be for 2 years.

A medical practitioner who —

A medical practitioner who —

The authorisation of the Director-General of Health to carry out treatment to terminate any pregnancy may be subject to such conditions as he thinks fit.

The Director-General of Health may revoke the authorisation given to a medical practitioner under this regulation without giving any reason.

An application for authorisation to carry out treatment to terminate any pregnancy to the Director-General of Health made under this regulation shall be in Form II in the Schedule.

Every authorised medical practitioner shall, except as provided in paragraph (2), provide a trained counsellor and facilities for counselling to such pregnant women who come to him for treatment to terminate their pregnancies as may be specified by conditions to the authorisation granted by the Director-General of Health under regulation 3.

Every authorised medical practitioner shall refer an unmarried pregnant woman below the age of 16 years who seeks treatment from him to terminate her pregnancy to such counselling centre or counselling facilities as may be directed by the Director-General of Health.

Every authorised medical practitioner shall not terminate the pregnancy of a woman referred to in paragraph (2) unless she produces to him a certificate of attendance in Form VII in the Schedule.

Every authorised medical practitioner shall also provide a trained counsellor and facilities for counselling to a woman who has had her pregnancy terminated.

The counselling referred to in paragraph (1) shall take such form, be conducted in such manner and in accordance with such criteria as shall be laid down in the conditions to an authorisation granted by the Director-General of Health under regulation 3 and shall be given to such pregnant women as may be directed by the Director-General of Health.

The proceedings of each session of counselling referred to in paragraph (1) shall be recorded on such form as the Director-General of Health may prescribe.

If a pregnant woman, after she has been counselled, wishes to proceed with the treatment for the termination of pregnancy, at least 48 hours shall elapse before she is required to give written consent to the treatment and for the treatment to be given.

Written consent for treatment to terminate pregnancy under section 3(1) of the Act shall be in Form III in the Schedule.

A declaration of her marital status, educational level and number of living children in Form IV in the Schedule shall be signed by the woman who requires treatment for termination of pregnancy.

A report on the request for treatment to terminate a pregnancy shall be made to the Director-General of Health by the authorised medical practitioner —

The report mentioned in paragraph (1) must be in the form set out at the specified website.

[Deleted by S 400/2023 wef 26/06/2023]

[Deleted by S 400/2023 wef 26/06/2023]

Facts and information relating to treatment to terminate a pregnancy may be disclosed by a person mentioned in section 7(1)(a) and (b) of the Act to the following persons and only for the purpose of:

Except as provided in paragraph (1), no fact or information relating to treatment to terminate a pregnancy shall be given to any person for any purpose unless the patient has expressly consented to the disclosure.