No. S 407
Misuse of Drugs Act
(Chapter 185)
Misuse of Drugs (Approved Institutions and Treatment and Rehabilitation) (Amendment) Regulations 2003
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 58 of the Misuse of Drugs Act, the Minister for Home Affairs hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation
1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Misuse of Drugs (Approved Institutions and Treatment and Rehabilitation) (Amendment) Regulations 2003.
Amendment of regulation 2
2.  Regulation 2 of the Misuse of Drugs (Approved Institutions and Treatment and Rehabilitation) Regulations (Rg 3) is amended by deleting the definition of “medical officer” and substituting the following definition:
“ “medical officer” means a registered medical practitioner who is for the time being appointed by the Director of Prisons to perform the functions of a medical officer under these Regulations;”.
Amendment of regulation 8
3.  Regulation 8 of the Misuse of Drugs (Approved Institutions and Treatment and Rehabilitation) Regulations is amended by deleting paragraph (6) and substituting the following paragraph:
“(6)  In this regulation, “infectious disease” means any of the diseases specified in the First Schedule to the Infectious Diseases Act (Cap. 137) and includes any other disease —
(a)that is caused or is suspected to be caused by a micro-organism or any agent of disease;
(b)that is capable or is suspected to be capable of transmission by any means to human beings; and
(c)that the medical officer has reason to believe, if left uninvestigated or unchecked, is likely to result in an epidemic of the disease.”.

Made this 20th day of August 2003.

TAN GUONG CHING
Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Home Affairs,
Singapore.
[MHA 112/2/044; AG/LEG/SL/185/2003/1 Vol. 1]
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