Singapore legislation
Regulation 9
of Healthcare Services (Ambulatory Surgical Centre Service) Regulations 2023
Regulation 9
Additional functions and duties of quality assurance committee
Every quality assurance committee appointed by the licensee has the following functions and duties, in addition to the functions and duties under regulation 21(2) of the General Regulations:
to grant clinical privileges to every medical practitioner and dentist before the licensee employs or engages the medical practitioner or dentist, in accordance with the framework established by the licensee under regulation 10;
to recommend processes and procedures to the licensee to ensure that a dentist or medical practitioner only performs relevant procedures within the scope of the clinical privileges granted;
to review any case where a medical practitioner or dentist is suspected to have performed a relevant procedure outside the scope of the clinical privileges granted;
to review the pathological report for every procedure performed as part of the ambulatory surgical centre service, within 3 months after the date of the report;
to review every case where blood transfusion was required during or after a procedure, within 4 months after the blood transfusion was performed;
to document and keep records of every review mentioned in paragraph (c), (d) or (e).