Singapore legislation
Regulation 10
of Healthcare Services (Clinical Laboratory Service and Radiological Service) Regulations 2021
Regulation 10
General requirements relating to personnel
Subregulation 1
A licensee must ensure all of the following in relation to each personnel:
each personnel is adequately trained for the work performed by the personnel and attends regular training in accordance with a continuing training programme;
each personnel has the relevant awareness and knowledge of, and attends regular training on, clinical laboratory safety measures or radiation safety, as the case may be;
each personnel is assessed periodically on the personnel’s competencies and work performance;
each of the following personnel is supervised by an experienced person when performing any task or providing any service in relation to the applicable service:
for a clinical laboratory service licensee — any personnel with less than 2 years of work experience in providing a clinical laboratory service;
for a radiological service licensee — any personnel with less than one year of work experience in providing a radiological service;
any personnel who has not been assessed by the relevant section leader or Clinical Governance Officer to be able to perform the task or provide the service competently without supervision.
Subregulation 2
In this regulation, “experienced person” means —
the Clinical Governance Officer or the relevant section leader;
for a clinical laboratory service licensee — another of the licensee’s personnel with at least 5 years of relevant work experience and who is designated by the Clinical Governance Officer or the relevant section leader to provide supervision; or
for a radiological service licensee — another of the licensee’s personnel with at least 3 years of relevant work experience and who is designated by the Clinical Governance Officer or the relevant section leader to provide supervision.