Singapore legislation
Regulation 2
of National Registry of Diseases (Chronic Kidney Failure Notification) Regulations 2011
Regulation 2
Definitions
Subregulation 1
In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —
Definition
“chronic kidney failure”, in relation to a patient, refers to the state when —
the Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR) (corrected to the body surface area of 1.73m2) of the patient is less than 15 ml/min;
the serum creatinine level of the patient is more than or equal to 500 µmol/L or 5.7mg/dl; or
the patient’s kidney function has deteriorated to the extent that, in the opinion of a medical practitioner responsible for the management of his care, the patient requires treatment for kidney failure,and the patient is not, in the opinion of a medical practitioner responsible for the management of his care, suffering from acute kidney failure;
Definition
“patient” means a person to whom a notification referred to in regulation 3 relates;
Definition
“treatment for chronic kidney failure” means any treatment for kidney failure administered to a patient suffering from chronic kidney failure;
Definition
“treatment for kidney failure” means any of the following modalities of treatment: (a)haemodialysis and its related modalities (including chronic haemofiltration and chronic haemodiafiltration);
peritoneal dialysis;
kidney transplantation (including follow-up medical treatment post-transplant);
conservative medical management.
Subregulation 2
In these Regulations —
any reference to the date of commencement of treatment for chronic kidney failure of a patient at a healthcare institution shall be a reference to the date on which the patient first receives any modality of such treatment at that healthcare institution; and
any reference to the date of change of modality of treatment for chronic kidney failure of a patient at a healthcare institution shall be a reference to the date on which the patient first receives a different modality of such treatment from that which he was previously receiving at that healthcare institution.