Singapore legislation
Regulation 55
of Healthcare Services (Assisted Reproduction Service) Regulations 2023
Regulation 55
Requirements for remote provision
Subregulation 1
This regulation applies to a licensee who is approved to provide an assisted reproduction service by remote provision.
Subregulation 2
The licensee must not provide an assisted reproduction service by remote provision unless it is for either of the following:
the provision of clinical care incidental to the services mentioned in paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d) of the definition of “assisted reproduction service” in paragraph 2 of the First Schedule to the Act;
the administration of donor questionnaires in relation to donor screening.
Subregulation 3
For the purposes of paragraph (2)(a), before the licensee provides an assisted reproduction service to a patient by remote provision, the licensee must ensure that —
the licensee’s personnel who is a healthcare professional first conducts a clinical assessment of the patient in person at any of the licensee’s approved permanent premises to determine the suitability of the patient to be provided the assisted reproduction service by remote provision; and
the assisted reproduction service can be provided by remote provision safely.
Subregulation 4
For the purposes of paragraph (2)(b), before the licensee provides an assisted reproduction service to a patient by remote provision, the licensee must ensure that the assisted reproduction service can be so provided in a manner that ensures the confidentiality and security of any information relating to donor screening.