Singapore legislation

Regulation 31

of Healthcare Services (Ambulatory Surgical Centre Service) Regulations 2023

Regulation 31

Patients must not be accommodated for more than 12 hours

A licensee must ensure that the period from the time the patient is registered for admission at any approved permanent premises for the relevant procedure to —

(a)

the time the patient is assessed to be fit for discharge; or

(b)

the time the patient is transferred to the care of an acute hospital service licensee,as the case may be, does not exceed 12 hours.