Healthcare Services (Emergency Ambulance Service and Medical Transport Service) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2023

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 14 Dec 2023

No. S 836

Healthcare Services Act 2020

Healthcare Services
(Emergency Ambulance Service and
Medical Transport Service)
(Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2023

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 (Emergency Ambulance Service and Medical Transport Service) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2023 and come into operation on 18 December 2023.

Amendment of regulation 6

2. In the Healthcare Services (Emergency Ambulance Service and Medical Transport Service) Regulations 2022 (G.N. No. S 2/2022) (called in these Regulations the principal Regulations), in regulation 6 —

(a)

in the regulation heading, replace “Skills” with “Qualifications, skills”;

(b)

in paragraphs (1) and (2), replace “skills” with “qualifications, skills”;

(c)

in paragraph (1), after sub‑paragraph (a), insert —

“(aa)

a valid practising certificate under the Medical Registration Act 1997;”; and

(d)

in paragraph (2), replace sub‑paragraphs (a) and (b) with —

“(a)

a fully registered medical practitioner who —

(i)

holds a valid practising certificate under the Medical Registration Act 1997;

(ii)

has at least 5 years of work experience, including at least one year of work experience in the branch of anaesthesiology, emergency medicine, general surgery or intensive care medicine; and

(iii)

has valid certifications of competency in all of the following:

(A)	appointment as a Clinical Governance Officer of the medical transport service;
(B)	the provision of Basic Cardiac Life Support;
(C)	the use of Automated External Defibrillation;

(b)

subject to paragraph (3), a registered nurse who —

(i)

holds a valid practising certificate under the Nurses and Midwives Act 1999;

(ii)

has at least 5 years of work experience in carrying out acts of nursing for or in relation to anaesthesia, emergency medicine, general surgery or intensive care medicine or any other branch of medicine involving the management of acute and critical patients as approved by the Director‑General; and

(iii)

has valid certifications of competency in all of the following:

(A)	appointment as a Clinical Governance Officer of the medical transport service;
(B)	the provision of Basic Cardiac Life Support;
(C)	the use of Automated External Defibrillation.”.

Amendment of regulation 16

3. In the principal Regulations, in regulation 16, replace paragraph (8) with —

“(8) In this regulation —

“healthcare institution” means the approved permanent premises at which a relevant licensee provides, or the approved conveyance used by a relevant licensee to provide, a licensable healthcare service;

“relevant licensee”, in relation to a healthcare institution, means a person authorised to provide a licensable healthcare service (other than an applicable service) at the healthcare institution by a licence under the Act.”.

Amendment of regulation 19

4. In the principal Regulations, in regulation 19(2), delete “and (4)”.

[G.N. No S 397/2023]

Made on 13 December 2023.

CHAN YENG KIT

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Health,
Singapore.

[MOH 78:44/1; AG/LEGIS/SL/122E/2020/13 Vol. 4]

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