No. S 780
Healthcare Services Act 2020
Healthcare Services
(General) (Amendment)
Regulations 2024
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 57 of the Healthcare Services Act 2020, the Minister for Health makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1.  These Regulations are the Healthcare Services (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 and come into operation on 14 October 2024.
Amendment of regulation 2
2.  In the Healthcare Services (General) Regulations 2021 (G.N. No. S 1035/2021), in regulation 2, after the definition of “licensee”, insert —
“ “medical certificate”, in relation to a patient, means a document issued by a medical practitioner or dentist certifying the state of the patient’s health;”.
New regulation 39A
3.  In the Healthcare Services (General) Regulations 2021, after regulation 39, insert —
“Issue of medical certificates
39A.—(1)  A licensee must ensure that every medical certificate that is issued in respect of a patient of the licensee —
(a)is issued by a personnel of the licensee who —
(i)is a medical practitioner or dentist; and
(ii)had provided medical or dental care (as the case may be) to the patient; and
(b)states the name and registration number of the medical practitioner or dentist who issued the medical certificate.
(2)  In this regulation, “registration number” —
(a)in relation to a dentist, means the registration number assigned to the dentist by the Singapore Dental Council upon registration under the Dental Registration Act 1999; or
(b)in relation to a medical practitioner, means the registration number assigned to the medical practitioner by the Singapore Medical Council upon registration under the Medical Registration Act 1997.”.
[G.N. Nos. S 414/2023; S 848/2023]
Made on 9 October 2024.
LAI WEI LIN
Permanent Secretary
(Policy and Development),
Ministry of Health,
Singapore.
[MH 78:44/1; AG/LEGIS/SL/122E/2020/1]
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