Singapore legislation
Regulation 111
of Workplace Safety and Health (Construction) Regulations 2007
Regulation 111
Appointment of medical practitioner
Subregulation 1
Where any work is carried out in a compressed air environment in a worksite, a medical practitioner shall be appointed for the purpose of —
supervising medical lock attendants; and
attending to and treating persons suffering from compressed air illness and other conditions arising from work in a compressed air environment at all times.
Subregulation 2
No medical practitioner shall be appointed under paragraph (1) unless the medical practitioner —
is suitably qualified and familiar with the problems associated with work in a compressed air environment and the medical aspects of that work; and
has been registered with the Commissioner as a designated workplace doctor.
Subregulation 3
It shall be the duty of the medical practitioner appointed under paragraph (1) to take, so far as is reasonably practicable, such steps as are necessary to ensure that he performs his functions referred to in paragraph (1)(a) or (b) properly.