Singapore legislation

Regulation 34

of Healthcare Services (Ambulatory Surgical Centre Service) Regulations 2023

Regulation 34

Testing of specimens

A licensee must not test any specimen for a patient unless —

(a)

a medical practitioner, dentist or collaborative prescribing practitioner who is the licensee’s personnel orders the test for the patient;

(b)

the testing of the specimen only involves the conduct of a simple in vitro diagnostic test; and

(c)

the testing of the specimen is provided only as a service incidental to the provision of an ambulatory surgical centre service.