Infectious Diseases (COVID-19 — Stay Orders) (Amendment) Regulations 2022

No. S 8

Infectious Diseases Act 1976

Infectious Diseases
(COVID-19 — Stay Orders)
(Amendment) Regulations 2022

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 73 of the Infectious Diseases Act 1976, the Minister for Health makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations are the Infectious Diseases (COVID‑19 — Stay Orders) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 and come into operation on 6 January 2022.

Amendment of regulation 2

2. Regulation 2(1) of the Infectious Diseases (COVID‑19 — Stay Orders) Regulations 2020 (G.N. No. S 182/2020) (called in these Regulations the principal Regulations) is amended by deleting the definition of “relevant medical certificate” and substituting the following definitions:

“ “relevant medical certificate”, for an individual, means a medical certificate issued by a legally qualified medical practitioner (on or after 6 January 2022) —

(a)	certifying that the individual has acute respiratory symptoms and meets the requirements of Protocol 1; and
(b)	excusing the individual from work or school for a period specified in the medical certificate not exceeding 5 days;

“requirements of Protocol 1”, for an individual, means an individual who is assessed by a legally qualified medical practitioner to have a chronic disease, as undergoing a medical treatment, or as exhibiting other physical conditions or symptoms, associated with an increased risk of an adverse outcome if the individual is infected with COVID‑19;”.

Amendment of regulation 3

3. Regulation 3(1) of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting the words “respiratory specimen” in sub‑paragraphs (a)(ii)(B) and (aa)(ii)(B) and substituting in each case the words “blood specimen”.

Amendment of regulation 4

4. Regulation 4 of the principal Regulations is amended by inserting, immediately after the words “of the Act” in paragraphs (2A)(a)(i) and (c) and (5)(c), the words “relating to COVID‑19”.

Saving

5. These Regulations do not affect any medical certificate issued by a legally qualified medical practitioner before 6 January 2022 for the purposes of the principal Regulations; and that medical certificate continues to have effect under the principal Regulations for the period specified in it as if issued on or after that date.

[G.N. Nos. S 184/2020; S 193/2020; S 263/2020; S 358/2020; S 396/2020; S 472/2020; S 535/2020; S 668/2020; S 303/2021; S 753/2021; S 989/2021]

Made on 5 January 2022.

NG HOW YUE

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

[AG/LEGIS/SL/137/2020/8 Vol. 3]

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