Singapore legislation

Regulation 22

of Healthcare Services (Outpatient Medical Service) Regulations 2023

Regulation 22

Instructions for self‑collection of specimens

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 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.