Singapore legislation
Regulation 23
of Healthcare Services (Cord Blood Banking Service) Regulations 2021
Regulation 23
Continuity of operations
Subregulation 1
A licensee must establish a contingency plan to ensure that the safety, quality, viability and potency of all cord blood in the licensee’s custody are preserved in the event of any disruption to the licensee’s operations.
Subregulation 2
Without limiting paragraph (1), the contingency plan mentioned in that paragraph must include the following matters:
contracts or other arrangements for or in relation to the prompt restoration of the licensee’s operations or the transfer of cord blood in the licensee’s custody to another licensee;
processes —
to inform, without undue delay, a relevant person of the proposed transfer or disposal of any cord blood collected from an infant donor as a result of the disruption to the licensee’s operations; and
to obtain the express written consent of the relevant person for the proposed transfer or disposal.
Subregulation 3
In paragraph (2)(b), “relevant person” means either of the following individuals:
the mother of an infant donor, unless sub‑paragraph (b) applies;
an infant donor, where —
the licensee intends to transfer or dispose of any cord blood collected from the infant donor; and
the infant donor has, at the time of the proposed transfer or disposal, attained the age of majority.