Singapore legislation
Regulation 3
Regulation 3
Exemption relating to Clinical Governance Officers
Subregulation 1
Section 24(2) of the Act and regulation 5 of the Healthcare Services (Clinical Laboratory Service and Radiological Service) Regulations 2021 (G.N. No. S 1036/2021) do not apply to a person (A) who holds a licence to provide a clinical laboratory service in respect of A’s appointment of an individual as a Clinical Governance Officer where the individual —
was, immediately before 3 January 2022, employed by A to manage any premises in which a clinical laboratory service is provided by A and continues to be so employed after that date; and
had, immediately before that date, held a valid licence under the repealed Act in relation to the use of the premises as a clinical laboratory.
Subregulation 2
Paragraph (1) only applies so long as every laboratory discipline and specified test provided or that is to be provided as part of the clinical laboratory service was, immediately before 3 January 2022, also provided in the premises.
Subregulation 3
Section 24(2) of the Act and regulation 6 of the Healthcare Services (Clinical Laboratory Service and Radiological Service) Regulations 2021 do not apply to a person (B) who holds a licence to provide a radiological service in respect of B’s appointment of an individual as a Clinical Governance Officer where the individual —
was, immediately before 3 January 2022, employed by B to manage any premises in which a radiological service is provided by B and continues to be so employed after that date; and
had, immediately before that date, held a valid licence under the repealed Act in relation to the use of the premises as a clinical laboratory.
Subregulation 4
Paragraph (3) only applies so long as every imaging modality provided or that is to be provided as part of the radiological service was, immediately before 3 January 2022, also provided in the premises.
Subregulation 5
Section 24(2) of the Act and regulation 4 of the Healthcare Services (Cord Blood Banking Service) Regulations 2021 (G.N. No. S 1037/2021) do not apply to a person (C) who holds a licence to provide a cord blood banking service in respect of C’s appointment of an individual as a Clinical Governance Officer where the individual —
was, immediately before 3 January 2022, employed by C to manage any premises in which a cord blood banking service is provided by C and continues to be so employed after that date; and
had, immediately before that date, held a valid licence under the repealed Act in relation to the use of the premises as a clinical laboratory.
Subregulation 5A
Section 24(2) of the Act and regulation 7(1)(b) of the Healthcare Services (Nursing Home Service) Regulations 2023 (G.N. No. S 849/2023) do not apply to a person (D) who holds a licence to provide a nursing home service in respect of D’s appointment of an individual as a Clinical Governance Officer, if all of the following are satisfied:
D had, immediately before 18 December 2023, held a valid licence under the repealed Act in relation to the use of any premises as a nursing home;
the premises mentioned in sub‑paragraph (a) are, from and including that date, D’s approved permanent premises for the provision of the nursing home service;
the individual is a registered nurse who —
is not subject to any condition imposed on his or her registration by the Singapore Nursing Board under section 17(2) of the Nurses and Midwives Act 1999; and
immediately before 18 December 2023, had performed all the functions of a Clinical Governance Officer in respect of the nursing home at the premises mentioned in sub‑paragraph (a).
Subregulation 6
In this paragraph —
Definition
“imaging modality” means —
any imaging modality set out in paragraph 1(a) of Part 2 of the Schedule to the Healthcare Services (Clinical Laboratory Service and Radiological Service) Regulations 2021;
the provision of minimally invasive image-guided biopsy of breast, thyroid, superficial lump or bump or any superficial lymph node;
bone densitometry; or
ultrasound;
Definition
“laboratory discipline” means any laboratory discipline set out in paragraph 1(a) of Part 1 of the Schedule to the Healthcare Services (Clinical Laboratory Service and Radiological Service) Regulations 2021;
Definition
“specified test” means any test set out in paragraph 1(b) of Part 1 of the Schedule to the Healthcare Services (Clinical Laboratory Service and Radiological Service) Regulations 2021.