Singapore legislation
Regulation 9D
of Healthcare Services (Emergency Ambulance Service and Medical Transport Service) Regulations 2022
Regulation 9D
Service crew of isolation service
Subregulation 1
This regulation applies to an emergency ambulance service licensee that is approved to provide an isolation service (called in this regulation the applicable EAS licensee).
Subregulation 2
Despite anything in regulation 9(2), the applicable EAS licensee must ensure that each service crew deployed to an emergency ambulance used to provide the isolation service includes the following members:
a driver who satisfies the requirements in regulation 9(2)(a);
a crew leader who satisfies the requirements in regulation 9(2)(b)(i);
a service crew member who is an ambulance doctor, ambulance nurse, ambulance paramedic or emergency medical technician or any other individual with such knowledge or expertise relating to the provision of the isolation service as is acceptable to the Director-General.
Subregulation 3
Where a crew leader mentioned in paragraph (2)(b) is a conditionally registered medical practitioner, the applicable EAS licensee must additionally comply with regulation 9(2A) and (3A).
Subregulation 4
Without affecting regulation 9(5), the applicable EAS licensee must ensure that —
each service crew member (other than the driver) deployed to an emergency ambulance used to provide that service undergoes refresher training in the proper and safe handling and use of a portable medical isolation unit at least once a year; and
accurate and complete records of all refresher training mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) are maintained.