Singapore legislation

Regulation 5

of Workplace Safety and Health (First-Aid) Regulations

Regulation 5

First-aiders

Amended byS 514/2011 wef 10/09/2011S 514/2011 wef 10/09/2011S 514/2011 wef 10/09/2011

Subregulation 1

Amended byS 514/2011 wef 10/09/2011

Where more than 25 persons are employed in a workplace, there shall be appointed in the workplace as first-aiders who shall be readily available during working hours such number of persons as complies with the ratio of one first-aider for every 100 persons employed in the workplace or part thereof.

Subregulation 2

Amended byS 514/2011 wef 10/09/2011

Every person appointed as a first-aider under paragraph (1) shall —

(a)

have successfully completed a training course acceptable to the Commissioner; and

(b)

undergo such subsequent re-training in first-aid treatment as the Commissioner may require.

Subregulation 3

Amended byS 514/2011 wef 10/09/2011

Where there is a shift work schedule in a workplace, the ratio of the number of first-aiders available on each shift to the number of persons employed at work on that shift shall comply with the ratio specified in paragraph (1).

Subregulation 4

Every first-aider shall maintain a record of all treatment rendered by him.

Subregulation 5

A notice shall be affixed in every workplace stating the names of the first-aiders appointed under paragraph (1).