Singapore legislation
Regulation 6
of Healthcare Services (Cord Blood Banking Service) Regulations 2021
Regulation 6
Personnel involved in providing cord blood banking service
Subregulation 1
A licensee must appoint —
a suitably qualified individual as the licensee’s Laboratory Director;
a suitably qualified individual as the licensee’s Medical Director; and
one or more individuals who have relevant qualifications or training in quality management as the licensee’s quality personnel.
Subregulation 2
A licensee must ensure that any personnel who has less than 2 years of relevant experience must not perform any task or provide any service in relation to the provision of the cord blood banking service except under the close supervision of —
a Clinical Governance Officer; or
another personnel with at least 2 years of relevant work experience and who is designated by a Clinical Governance Officer to provide supervision.
Subregulation 3
A licensee must ensure that —
each personnel is adequately trained for the work performed by that 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, measures to ensure the safe provision of the cord blood banking service;
the competencies of each personnel are assessed before that personnel is allowed to perform any task or provide any service in relation to the licensee’s provision of the cord blood banking service; and
the work performance of each personnel is assessed periodically.
Subregulation 4
In paragraph (2), “relevant experience” of a personnel means the work experience of that personnel relevant to the tasks performed and services provided by that personnel in relation to the provision of a cord blood banking service.