Healthcare Services Act 2020

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1 Short title and commencement

2 General interpretation

3 Meanings of "healthcare service" and "licensable healthcare service"

5 Government healthcare service not affected

6 Interface with other laws

7 Administration of Act

8 Provision of licensable healthcare service to be licensed

9 Permanent premises, conveyances and service delivery mode to be approved

9A Specified service to be approved

10 Application for licence

11 Grant or renewal of licence

11A Application for approval of permanent premises, conveyance and other service delivery mode

11B Grant of approval for permanent premises, conveyance or other service delivery mode

11C Application for approval of specified service

11D Grant of approval for specified services

11E Validity of approvals under sections 11B and 11D

12 Form and validity of licence

13 Licence conditions

14 Modifying conditions of licence

15 Amendment of licence

16 Restriction on transfer of licence

17 Voluntary cessation of licensable healthcare service or surrender of licence

20 Regulatory action against licensees, etc.

21 Procedure for regulatory action against licensees, etc.

22 Register of licensees

23 Key appointment holders

24 Appointment of Principal Officer and Clinical Governance Officer by licensee

25 Appointment of specified committees

26 Ethics review of certain medical treatment

27 Record-keeping on healthcare service

28 Approval of employment of individuals by certain licensees

29 Use of term or name

30 Use of approved permanent premises or approved conveyance for other purposes

31 Advertisement of licensable healthcare services

31A Advertisement of non-licensable healthcare services

31B Restrictions on use of protected title

31C Directions to rectify or withdraw advertisement

32 Application of this Part

34 Duration of step-in order or expedited step-in order

35 Rules and saving for step-in arrangements

36 Power to obtain information

37 Publication of information

38 Codes of practice

39 Directions concerning health, safety or welfare of individuals, etc.

40 Directions relating to quality assurance committees, etc.

41 Powers of entry, inspection and search, etc.

42 Offence of obstructing, etc., Director-General or authorised officer in exercise of powers, etc.

43 False or misleading statements, information or documents

44 Disposal of articles, documents, substances, etc.

45 Offences by corporations

46 Offences by unincorporated associations or partnerships

47 Composition of offences

48 Appeals to Minister

49 Appeal Advisory Board

50 Minister may designate others to hear appeals

51 Confidentiality of information, etc.

52 Service of documents

53 General exemption

54 Jurisdiction of courts

55 Protection from personal liability

56 Amendment of Schedules

58 Repeal of Private Hospitals and Medical Clinics Act

59 Consequential and related amendments to other Acts

60 Saving and transitional provisions

SECOND SCHEDULE

Section 56(3) and First Schedule

Appointed Day for Licensable Healthcare Services

First column

Second column

Appointed day

Licensable healthcare service provided in healthcare establishment, medical clinic or private hospital licensed under Private Hospitals and Medical Clinics Act 1980

3 January 2022

(a)	Blood banking service

(b)	Clinical laboratory service

(c)	Cord blood banking service

(d)	Nuclear medicine assay service

(e)	Nuclear medicine imaging service

(f)	Radiological service

26 June 2023

(a)	Acute hospital service

(b)	Ambulatory surgical centre service

(c)	Assisted reproduction service

(d)	Community hospital service

(e)	Contingency care service

(f)	Human tissue banking service

(g)	Nuclear medicine service

(h)	Outpatient dental service

(i)	Outpatient medical service

(j)	Outpatient renal dialysis service

18 December 2023

Nursing home service

[S 1/2022 wef 03/01/2022]

[S 387/2023 wef 26/06/2023]

[S 800/2023 wef 18/12/2023]

In this Schedule —

“nuclear medicine assay service” means the use of radioactive substances (including radionuclides), applied to a specimen obtained from a patient, for the purpose of medical diagnosis or monitoring the effects of medical therapy through the use of an assay;

“nuclear medicine imaging service” means the use of radioactive substances (including radionuclides), administered to a patient, for the purpose of medical diagnosis or monitoring the effects of medical therapy through the use of an imaging apparatus.

[S 387/2023 wef 26/06/2023]

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