Healthcare Services (Fees) Regulations 2021

No. S 1032

Healthcare Services Act 2020

(ACT 3 OF 2020)

Healthcare Services
(Fees) Regulations 2021

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 (Fees) Regulations 2021 and come into operation on 3 January 2022.

Definitions

2. In these Regulations —

“charitable healthcare service provider” means —

(a)	a charity registered under section 7 of the Charities Act 1994; or
(b)	an exempt charity within the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Charities Act 1994,

that is established to provide healthcare services;

“temporary premises” means any premises other than permanent premises.

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Fees for general cases

3.—(1) This regulation applies in relation to an applicant or a licensee that is not a charitable healthcare service provider at the time the application for the grant or renewal of a licence is made.

(2) For the purposes of section 10(2)(b) of the Act and subject to paragraph (2A), the application fee for the grant or renewal of a licence is $100 for each licence.

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(2A) The application fee for the grant or renewal of the licences mentioned in the following items is $100:

(a)	items 99, 100, 103 and 104 of Part 1 of the First Schedule;
(b)	items 2 and 3 of Part 2 of the First Schedule. [S 442/2023 wef 26/06/2023]

(2B) For the purposes of section 11A(1)(b) of the Act and subject to paragraph (2C), the application fee for approval of every permanent premises, conveyance or other service delivery mode by which a licensable healthcare service is or is intended to be provided is $100 for each application.

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(2C) The application fee mentioned in paragraph (2B) does not apply to an application for —

(a)	approval of the first permanent premises, conveyance or other service delivery mode by which a licensable healthcare service is or is intended to be provided; or
(b)	approvals for a combination of service delivery modes,

where the application for the approval or approvals mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) or (b) is made together with the application for the grant or renewal of a licence as set out in the description of the application in the First Schedule.

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(3) For the purposes of section 15(3)(c) of the Act, the application fee payable to the Director-General in respect of an amendment of a licence under section 15(1)(c) of the Act to amend any of the following particulars or information is $100 for each application:

(a)	the licensee’s name;
(b)	the licensee’s business name within the meaning given by regulation 48(2) of the Healthcare Services (General) Regulations 2021 (G.N. No. S 1035/2021);
(c)	the address of any approved permanent premises or the registration number of any approved conveyance. [S 442/2023 wef 26/06/2023]

(4) Subject to paragraph (5), the fees specified in the second column of the First Schedule are payable to the Director-General in respect of the matters specified in the first column of that Schedule.

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(5) The fees specified —

(a)	in the second column of Part 1 of the First Schedule in respect of the matters specified opposite in the first column of that Part; and
(b)	in the second column of Part 2 of the First Schedule in respect of the matters specified opposite in items 2 to 27 in the first column of that Part,

apply in relation to a licence that is granted or renewed for a period of 2 years.

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(6) To avoid doubt, the fees specified in Parts 1 and 2 of the First Schedule (except in respect of late renewal applications) are inclusive of the application fee mentioned in paragraphs (2), (2A) and (2B), whichever is applicable.

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Fees for specified services

3A.—(1) For the purposes of section 11C(1)(b) of the Act, the application fee for approval to provide a specified service for a licensable healthcare service that is specified in the first column of the Third Schedule is $100 for each application.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), the fees specified in the third column of the Third Schedule are payable to the Director-General in respect of the matters specified in the second column of that Schedule.

(3) The fees specified in the third column of the Third Schedule in respect of the matters specified in the second column of that Schedule apply in relation to a licence to provide the licensable healthcare service specified opposite in the first column of that Schedule that is granted or renewed for a period of 2 years.

(4) To avoid doubt, the fees specified in the Third Schedule are inclusive of the application fee mentioned in paragraph (1).

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Pro-ration of fees

4.—(1) This regulation does not apply to a licensee who is a charitable healthcare service provider.

(2) Where a licence is granted (including a licence granted on renewal) to a licensee for a period that is shorter than 2 years, the fees payable under regulation 3(4) for the grant or renewal of the licence (less the application fee mentioned in regulation 3(2) or (2A)) is to be pro-rated according to the number of months for which the licence is granted or renewed.

(3) Where —

(a)	an approval is granted to a licensee for approval of any permanent premises, conveyance or other service delivery mode by which a licensable healthcare service is or is intended to be provided; and
(b)	at the time the approval is granted, the remaining duration of the licence granted to the licensee to provide that licensable healthcare service is shorter than 2 years,

the fee payable under regulation 3(4) for the grant of the approval (less the application fee mentioned in regulation 3(2B), if applicable) is to be pro-rated according to the number of months of the remaining duration of the licence.

(4) Where —

(a)	an approval is granted to a licensee to provide a specified service for a licensable healthcare service; and
(b)	at the time the approval is granted, the remaining duration of the licence granted to the licensee to provide that licensable healthcare service is shorter than 2 years,

the fee payable under regulation 3A(2) (less the application fee mentioned in regulation 3A(1)) is to be pro-rated according to the number of months of the remaining duration of the licence.

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Fees for conversion of licences for emergency ambulance or medical transport service

5.—(1) Despite regulations 3 and 4, where a licensee that is not a charitable healthcare service provider —

(a)	holds a licence to provide a medical transport service (called in this paragraph the first licence);
(b)	gives notice to the Director-General under section 17(1) of the Act of the licensee’s intention to wholly stop providing the medical transport service under the first licence; and [S 442/2023 wef 26/06/2023]
(c)	applies at any time during the validity of the first licence for another licence to provide an emergency ambulance service (called in this paragraph the converted licence) for a term that starts on the date the licensee stops providing the medical transport service under the first licence and expires on the date that the first licence would have expired,

the fee for the grant (but not renewal) of the converted licence is $100, regardless of the number of approved conveyances used or to be used under the first licence or the converted licence.

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(2) Despite regulations 3 and 4, where a licensee that is not a charitable healthcare service provider —

(a)	holds a licence to provide an emergency ambulance service (called in this paragraph the first licence);
(b)	gives notice to the Director-General under section 17(1) of the Act of the licensee’s intention to wholly stop providing the emergency ambulance service under the first licence; and [S 442/2023 wef 26/06/2023]
(c)	applies at any time during the validity of the first licence for another licence to provide a medical transport service (called in this paragraph the converted licence) for a term that starts on the date the licensee stops providing the emergency ambulance service under the first licence and expires on the date that the first licence would have expired,

the fee for the grant (but not renewal) of the converted licence is $100, regardless of the number of approved conveyances used or to be used under the first licence or the converted licence.

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Fees for second licence for medical transport or emergency ambulance service

6.—(1) Despite regulations 3 and 4, where a licensee that is not a charitable healthcare service provider —

(a)	holds a licence to provide a medical transport service (called in this paragraph the first licence); and
(b)	applies at any time during the validity of the first licence for another licence to provide an emergency ambulance service (called in this paragraph the second licence) for a term that expires on the date that the first licence expires,

the fee for the grant (but not renewal) of the second licence is $100, regardless of the number of approved conveyances used or to be used under the first licence or the second licence.

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(2) Despite regulations 3 and 4, where a licensee that is not a charitable healthcare service provider —

(a)	holds a licence to provide an emergency ambulance service (called in this paragraph the first licence); and
(b)	applies at any time during the validity of the first licence for another licence to provide a medical transport service (called in this paragraph the second licence) for a term that expires on the date that the first licence expires,

the fee for the grant (but not renewal) of the second licence is $100, regardless of the number of approved conveyances used or to be used under the first licence or the second licence.

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Lower fees for charitable healthcare service providers

7.—(1) This regulation applies in relation to an applicant or a licensee who is a charitable healthcare service provider —

(a)	at the time the application for the grant or renewal of a licence is made;
(b)	at the time an application for approval of any permanent premises, conveyance or other service delivery mode by which a licensable healthcare service is or is intended to be provided is made; or
(c)	at the time an application for approval to provide any specified service for a licensable healthcare service is made,

as the case may be.

(2) For the purposes of section 10(2)(b) of the Act and subject to paragraph (3), the application fee payable to the Director-General for the grant or renewal of a licence is $12 for each licence.

(3) The application fee specified in paragraph (2) applies regardless of the number of licensable healthcare services in respect of which the applicant or licensee applies for the grant or renewal of licences, provided that all the licensable healthcare services concerned are provided at the same permanent premises or conveyance.

(4) For the purposes of section 11A(1)(b) of the Act, the application fee payable to the Director-General for approval of every permanent premises, conveyance or other service delivery mode by which a licensable healthcare service is or is intended to be provided is $12 for each application.

(5) The application fee mentioned in paragraph (4) does not apply where the application for approval of the permanent premises, conveyance or other service delivery mode is made at the same time as an application for the grant or renewal of a licence.

(6) For the purposes of section 11C(1)(b) of the Act, the application fee payable to the Director-General for approval to provide a specified service for a licensable healthcare service is $12 for each application.

(7) The application fee mentioned in paragraph (6) does not apply where the application for approval to provide a specified service (X) for a licensable healthcare service (called in this paragraph the relevant LHS) is made at the same time as —

(a)	an application for the grant or renewal of a licence to provide the relevant LHS; or
(b)	an application for approval of any permanent premises, conveyance or other service delivery mode by which the relevant LHS is or is intended to be provided.

(8) For the purposes of section 15(3)(c) of the Act, the application fee payable to the Director-General in respect of an amendment of a licence under section 15(1)(c) of the Act to amend any of the following particulars or information is $12 for each application:

(a)	the licensee’s name;
(b)	the licensee’s business name within the meaning given by regulation 48(2) of the Healthcare Services (General) Regulations 2021;
(c)	the address of any approved permanent premises or the registration number of any approved conveyance.

(9) The fees specified in the second column of the Second Schedule are payable to the Director-General in respect of the matters specified in the first column of that Schedule.

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Made on 24 December 2021.

CHAN YENG KIT

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Health,
Singapore.

[MH 78:44/1; AG/LEGIS/SL/122E/2020/18 Vol. 1]

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