Singapore legislation
Regulation 52
of Healthcare Services (Assisted Reproduction Service) Regulations 2023
Regulation 52
Provision of life‑saving measures
Subregulation 1
Without affecting Part 5, a licensee must —
ensure that adequate and appropriate facilities, equipment and drugs for the provision of any essential life‑saving measure to a patient are readily available at each approved permanent premises; and
at all times, be capable of providing any essential life‑saving measure to any patient who is at risk of death.
Subregulation 2
Without limiting paragraph (1), a licensee must ensure the following:
resuscitation equipment and drugs are effective, functional and readily available for use at any time in the approved permanent premises;
every personnel who provides any essential life‑saving measure to a patient is adequately trained —
to provide the essential life‑saving measure in a proper, effective and safe manner; and
in the use of the equipment that is needed to deliver the essential life‑saving measure;
there is a comprehensive and detailed response plan to resuscitate, treat and transfer unstable patients;
the licensee’s personnel promptly assesses a patient who shows any sign of being unwell at any time after an assisted reproduction procedure and delivers the necessary treatment to stabilise the patient;
any patient who remains unwell despite the delivery of treatment to stabilise the patient is transferred to the care of an acute hospital service licensee who is equipped to deliver the appropriate treatment to the patient;
any patient who requires conveyance by an emergency ambulance is conveyed by an emergency ambulance operated by an emergency ambulance service licensee.