Singapore legislation
Regulation 2
Regulation 2
Application for approval as approved institution
Subregulation 1
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.
Subregulation 2
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:
acute hospital service;
ambulatory surgical centre service;
outpatient medical service.
Subregulation 3
In paragraph (2) —
Definition
“approved permanent premises”, in relation to a person who holds a licence under the Healthcare Services Act 2020, has the meaning given by section 2(1) of that Act;
Definition
“licensable healthcare service” has the meaning given by section 3(1) of the Healthcare Services Act 2020.
Subregulation 4
An application made under paragraph (1) may be rejected without giving any reason.
Subregulation 5
The approval granted to any institution under paragraph (1) may be cancelled without giving any reason.
Subregulation 6
Any approval for the use of any place as an approved institution shall, unless cancelled under paragraph (5), be for 2 years.