Voluntary Sterilization (Amendment) Regulations 2003

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 01 Jul 2003

No. S 321

Voluntary Sterilization Act

(Chapter 347)

Voluntary Sterilization (Amendment) Regulations 2003

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 13 of the Voluntary Sterilization Act, the Minister for Health hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Voluntary Sterilization (Amendment) Regulations 2003 and shall come into operation on 1st July 2003.

Deletion and substitution of regulation 2

2. Regulation 2 of the Voluntary Sterilization Regulations (Rg 1) (referred to in these Regulations as the principal Regulations) is deleted and the following regulation substituted therefor:

“Application for status of approved institution

2.—(1) An application to the Minister for the approval of any hospital, maternity home, clinic or other place as an approved institution shall be —

(a)	in Form I in the Schedule; or
(b)	in the form set out in the electronic licensing system of the Ministry of Health at http://www.moh-ela.gov.sg.

(2) The Minister may make any modification to the form referred to in paragraph (1)(b) for the purpose of facilitating the submission of that form.

(3) The form referred to in paragraph (1) shall be submitted in person, by post, by facsimile or using the electronic licensing system.

(4) The Minister may reject an application made under paragraph (1) without giving any reason.

(5) The Minister may cancel the approval granted to any institution under paragraph (1) without giving any reason.

(6) Any approval for the use of any place as an approved institution shall, unless cancelled under paragraph (5), be for 2 years.”.

Amendment of regulation 4

3. Regulation 4 of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting paragraph (1) and substituting the following paragraphs:

“(1) Every registered medical practitioner who carries out treatment for sexual sterilization shall —

(a)

report to the Director of Medical Services within 30 days of any treatment —

(i)	in Form II set out in the Schedule; or
(ii)	in the form set out in the electronic filing system of the Ministry of Health at http://www.moh-topvsreturns.gov.sg;

(b)

issue a certificate of sexual sterilization to the person sterilized in Form III set out in the Schedule; and

(c)

keep a duplicate of the certificate of sexual sterilization.

(1A) The Director of Medical Services may make any modification to the form referred to in paragraph (1)(a)(ii) for the purpose of facilitating the submission of that form.

(1B) The form referred to in paragraph (1)(a) shall be submitted in person, by post, by facsimile or using the electronic filing system.”.

Amendment of Schedule

4. Form I of the Schedule to the principal Regulations is deleted and the following Form substituted therefor:

Made this 12th day of June 2003.

MOSES LEE

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Health,
Singapore.

[MH 78:04/4-2/ L&A 02-02/01 TF4; AG/LEG/SL/347/2003/1 Vol. 1]

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