Infectious Diseases (COVID‑19 — Stay Orders) (Amendment No. 7) Regulations 2020

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 01 Jul 2020

No. S 535

Infectious Diseases Act

(CHAPTER 137)

Infectious Diseases
(COVID‑19 — Stay Orders)
(Amendment No. 7) Regulations 2020

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

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations are the Infectious Diseases (COVID‑19 — Stay Orders) (Amendment No. 7) Regulations 2020 and come into operation on 1 July 2020.

Amendment of regulation 2

2. Regulation 2 of the Infectious Diseases (COVID‑19 — Stay Orders) Regulations 2020 (G.N. No. S 182/2020) is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “a test to determine whether he or she is infected with COVID-19” in paragraph (c) of the definition of “at-risk individual” and substituting the words “a PCR test”;

(b)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “COVID‑19”, the following definition:

“ “PCR test” means a COVID-19 polymerase chain reaction test;”; and

(c)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “place of accommodation”, the following definitions:

“ “relevant medical certificate” means a medical certificate issued by a medical practitioner with a valid practising certificate —

(a)	certifying that an individual has acute respiratory symptoms and excusing the individual from work or school for a period specified in the medical certificate not exceeding 5 days; or
(b)	certifying that an individual has tested positive in a serology test conducted on or after 1 July 2020 and excusing the individual from work or school for a period specified in the medical certificate not exceeding 14 days,

but does not include a medical certificate issued to an individual mentioned in paragraph (b) who has, at any time before undergoing the serology test for which the medical certificate is issued, tested positive in an earlier serology test;

“serology test” means a COVID-19 serology test;”.

Amendment of regulation 3

3. Regulation 3 of the Infectious Diseases (COVID‑19 — Stay Orders) Regulations 2020 is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “a test to determine whether he or she is infected with COVID-19” in paragraph (1)(a) and substituting the words “a PCR test”; and

(b)

by deleting paragraph (2) and substituting the following paragraphs:

“(2) Subject to paragraph (2A), any individual who, on or after 1 July 2020, is issued a relevant medical certificate must not leave the individual’s place of accommodation for the period starting upon the issue of the relevant medical certificate and ending —

(a)	if, during the period specified in the relevant medical certificate, the individual undergoes a PCR test — on the day the individual is notified that he or she has tested negative in that test or upon the expiry of the period specified in the relevant medical certificate, whichever is earlier; or
(b)	in any other case — upon the expiry of the period specified in the relevant medical certificate.

(2A) Paragraph (2) does not apply if the individual had, within 90 days before the day the relevant medical certificate is issued, a positive test result in a PCR test or serology test, and no positive test result in a PCR test or serology test earlier than 90 days before that day.”.

Saving provision

4. Despite regulation 3(b), regulation 3(2) of the Infectious Diseases (COVID‑19 — Stay Orders) Regulations 2020 as in force immediately before 1 July 2020 continues to apply to an individual who is issued a medical certificate before that date certifying that the individual has acute respiratory symptoms.

[G.N. Nos. S 184/2020; S 193/2020; S 263/2020; S 358/2020; S 396/2020; S 472/2020]

Made on 30 June 2020.

NG HOW YUE

Permanent Secretary
(Health Development),
Ministry of Health,
Singapore.

[AG/LEGIS/SL/137/2020/7 Vol. 1]

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