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.