Singapore legislation
Regulation 32
of Healthcare Services (Community Hospital Service) Regulations 2023
Regulation 32
Emergency management system
Subregulation 1
A licensee must establish, implement and regularly review an effective command and control system to manage both of the following:
an emergency at the approved permanent premises;
a medical emergency in Singapore.
Subregulation 2
Without limiting paragraph (1), the licensee must —
establish and equip an operationally‑ready emergency response team to manage an emergency mentioned in that paragraph; (b)establish, implement and regularly review processes and procedures to control and manage an emergency, including any radiation emergency or incident;
with respect to a radiation emergency or incident, establish, implement and regularly review processes and procedures to prevent, identify, control and manage any radiation emergency or incident, including strategies to isolate every area or patient who is affected by radiation, setting up isolation facilities for every affected patient, and the use of equipment to prevent, control and manage the spread of radiation;
review the processes and procedures mentioned in sub‑paragraph (b) annually;
train every personnel who is deployed to the emergency response team in the processes and procedures mentioned in sub‑paragraph (b); and
participate in any exercise specified by the Director‑General that is for the purpose of evaluating the emergency preparedness and response capabilities of the healthcare system in Singapore.
Subregulation 3
In this regulation, “command and control system” means a system comprising personnel, procedures, equipment and facilities (including information management facilities) which are necessary for the purpose of conducting any emergency management operation.