Infectious Diseases (Notification of Infectious Diseases) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2016

No. S 450

Infectious Diseases Act

(CHAPTER 137)

Infectious Diseases
(Notification of Infectious Diseases)
(Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2016

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 73(1) of the Infectious Diseases Act, the Minister for Health makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations are the Infectious Diseases (Notification of Infectious Diseases) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2016 and come into operation on 28 September 2016.

Deletion and substitution of regulations 4 and 5

2. Regulations 4 and 5 of the Infectious Diseases (Notification of Infectious Diseases) Regulations 2008 (G.N. No. S 612/2008) are deleted and the following regulations substituted therefor:

“Person to be notified

4. For the purposes of section 6(1), (2) and (3) of the Act, notification of an infectious disease mentioned in the Schedule is treated as having been given to the Director if the notification is given to the Director of the Communicable Diseases Division, Ministry of Health.

Time and manner of notification

5.—(1) For the purposes of section 6(1) of the Act, the prescribed times for notification of an infectious disease are —

(a)	in the case of an infectious disease mentioned in Part 1 of the Schedule, within 24 hours after the medical practitioner has reason to believe or suspect that any person attended or treated by the medical practitioner is suffering from or is a carrier of that infectious disease; and
(b)	in the case of an infectious disease mentioned in Part 2 of the Schedule, within 72 hours after the medical practitioner has reason to believe or suspect that any person attended or treated by the medical practitioner is suffering from or is a carrier of that infectious disease.

(2) For the purposes of section 6(2) of the Act, the prescribed times for notification of an infectious disease are —

(a)	in the case of an infectious disease mentioned in Part 1 of the Schedule, within 24 hours after the person becomes aware of the existence of that infectious disease in the course of the person’s work; and
(b)	in the case of an infectious disease mentioned in Part 2 of the Schedule, within 72 hours after the person becomes aware of the existence of that infectious disease in the course of the person’s work.

(3) For the purposes of section 6(3) of the Act, the prescribed times for notification of an infectious disease are —

(a)	in the case of an infectious disease mentioned in Part 1 of the Schedule, within 24 hours after the person is aware or suspects that any other person is suffering or has died from or is a carrier of that infectious disease; and
(b)	in the case of an infectious disease mentioned in Part 2 of the Schedule, within 72 hours after the person is aware or suspects that any other person is suffering from or is a carrier of that infectious disease.

(4) Every notification under section 6(1), (2) or (3) of the Act must be given by fax or through the electronic notification system.”.

Deletion and substitution of Schedule

3. The Schedule to the Infectious Diseases (Notification of Infectious Diseases) Regulations 2008 is deleted and the following Schedule substituted therefor:

“THE SCHEDULE

Regulations 4 and 5

Infectious diseases

Part 1

1.	Avian Influenza

Botulism

3.	Chikungunya Fever

Cholera

5.	Dengue Fever

6.	Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever

7.	Ebola Virus Disease (EVD)

8.	Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease

9.	Japanese Encephalitis

10.	Legionellosis

11.	Leptospirosis

12.

Malaria

13.

Measles

14.	Melioidosis

15.	Meningococcal Disease

16.	Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infection (MERS‑CoV)

17.	Murine Typhus

18.	Nipah Virus Infection

19.	Paratyphoid

20.

Plague

21.	Poliomyelitis

22.

Rabies

23.

Rubella

24.	Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)

25.

Typhoid

26.	Yellow Fever

27.	Zika Virus Infection

Part 2

1.	Acute Hepatitis A

2.	Acute Hepatitis B

3.	Acute Hepatitis C

4.	Acute Hepatitis E

5.	Campylobacteriosis

6.	Chlamydial Genital Infection

7.	Diphtheria

8.	Genital Herpes

9.	Gonorrhoea

10.	Haemophilus Influenzae Type b (Hib) Disease

11.	HIV Infection

12.

Leprosy

13.

Mumps

14.	Non‑Gonococcal Urethritis

15.

Pertussis

16.	Pneumococcal Disease (Invasive)

17.	Salmonellosis

18.

Syphilis

19.

Tetanus

20.	Tuberculosis”.

[G.N. Nos. S 175/2009; S 619/2010; S 521/2014; S 36/2016]

Made on 26 September 2016.

CHAN HENG KEE

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Health,
Singapore.

[MH78:25 Vol. 59; AG/LEGIS/SL/137/2015/7 Vol. 1]

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