Singapore legislation

Regulation 20

of Healthcare Services (Ambulatory Surgical Centre Service) Regulations 2023

Regulation 20

Observation area

A licensee must ensure that each approved permanent premises includes an area that is designated for the use of patients who have been moved out of the recovery area mentioned in regulation 19, where the patients are observed and monitored by the licensee’s personnel and in which there is —

(a)

adequate furniture for patients to sit or lie down;

(b)

monitoring equipment; and

(c)

a resuscitation trolley.