Singapore legislation
Regulation 13
of Healthcare Services (Ambulatory Surgical Centre Service) Regulations 2023
Regulation 13
Surgical assistants for procedures
Subregulation 1
A licensee must ensure that the number, qualifications and experience of persons assisting in a surgical procedure is adequate and appropriate to the type and nature of the surgical procedure.
Subregulation 2
Without limiting paragraph (1), the licensee must ensure that —
where the surgical procedure is a dental procedure — there is at least one registered nurse or dental surgery assistant with relevant operating theatre experience of not less than 6 months assisting the dentist in the surgical procedure; and
where the surgical procedure is not a dental procedure — there is at least one registered nurse with relevant operating theatre experience of not less than 6 months assisting the medical practitioner in the surgical procedure.