Regulation 2

a healthcare professional; or

any other personnel of the licensee who is involved in providing care directly to any patient;“collaborative prescribing practitioner” has the meaning given by regulation 2 of the Healthcare Services (Collaborative Prescribing Service) Regulations 2023 (G.N. No. S 398/2023);“deep sedation” means a drug‑induced depression of a patient’s consciousness —

during which the patient cannot be easily aroused but will respond purposefully following repeated or painful stimulation;

where the patient’s ability to independently maintain ventilatory function may be impaired;

where the patient may require assistance in maintaining a patent airway and spontaneous ventilation may be inadequate; and

where the patient’s cardiovascular function is usually maintained;“duly qualified allied health professional” has the meaning given by section 3 of the Allied Health Professions Act 2011;“enrolled nurse” means a person who is an enrolled nurse within the meaning of the Nurses and Midwives Act 1999 and holds a valid practising certificate under that Act;“essential life‑saving measure” means any basic emergency procedure that may be carried out on a person for the purpose of resuscitating the person;“expiry date” has the meaning given by regulation 2 of the General Regulations;“general anaesthesia” has the meaning given by paragraph 2 of the First Schedule to the Act;“General Regulations” means the Healthcare Services (General) Regulations 2021 (G.N. No. S 1035/2021);“healthcare professional” has the meaning given by regulation 2 of the General Regulations;“licensee” means a person who holds a licence to provide an ambulatory surgical centre service;“neuraxial anaesthesia” means the anaesthesia that is caused in a patient by the administration of an anaesthetic around the nerves of the central nervous system of the patient;“nurse” means a registered nurse or an enrolled nurse;“nursing service” means the provision of nursing care to a patient to assist the patient in attaining, maintaining or recovering his or her health;“operating theatre” means a room with an aseptic environment that is equipped and designed to support the safe performance of any relevant procedure that requires general anaesthesia;“patient health record” means a record containing the personal data and medical information of a patient that is maintained by a licensee in relation to the provision of an ambulatory surgical centre service to the patient;“personnel”, in relation to a licensee, means any individual employed or engaged by the licensee to assist the licensee in providing an ambulatory surgical centre service;“registered nurse” means a person who is a registered nurse within the meaning of the Nurses and Midwives Act 1999 and holds a valid practising certificate under that Act;“relevant healthcare provider” means —

a person who is licensed to provide an ambulatory surgical centre service;

a person who is licensed to provide an acute hospital service;

a person who was licensed under the repealed Act to use any premises as a private hospital; or

a person who was, under the repealed Act —

licensed to use any premises as a medical clinic; and

approved to provide ambulatory surgery at those premises;“relevant procedure” has the meaning given by paragraph 2 of the First Schedule to the Act;“scope of practice”, in relation to a licensee, means the type or types of relevant procedures provided by the licensee;“simple in vitro diagnostic test” has the meaning given by paragraph 2 of the First Schedule to the Act;“surgical procedure” has the meaning given by paragraph 2 of the First Schedule to the Act;“testing material” means any test kit, material, device, equipment, instrument or other article that is used to conduct a simple in vitro diagnostic test.