Singapore legislation

Regulation 32B

of Healthcare Services (Clinical Laboratory Service and Radiological Service) Regulations 2021

Regulation 32B

Instructions for self-collection of specimens

Amended byS 417/2023 wef 26/06/2023

Where any specimen is to be collected from a patient by the patient himself or herself, for the purpose of conducting any test on it (whether or not the test is to be self-administered by the patient), a radiological service licensee must provide the patient with —

(a)

instructions on how and when the specimen is to be collected; and

(b)

the precautions that are to be taken to avoid contamination and degradation of the specimen.