Outsourcing
24.—(1)  Except as provided in this regulation, a licensee must not appoint any person to provide, on the licensee’s behalf, a cord blood banking service or any aspect of the cord blood banking service.
(2)  A licensee may appoint any of the following persons to conduct, on the licensee’s behalf, any test of any cord blood that the licensee considers necessary to ensure the safety, quality, viability and potency of the cord blood:
(a)another licensee;
(b)a person who is authorised by a licence to provide a clinical laboratory service;
(c)a person who operates a cord blood bank or clinical laboratory outside Singapore that is accredited by an accreditation body acceptable to the Director‑General.
[S 389/2023 wef 26/06/2023]
(3)  Where a licensee has engaged a person under paragraph (2) to conduct any test of any cord blood, the licensee must retain a copy of the test report provided by that person.
(4)  A licensee may, for or in relation to the implementation of a contingency plan mentioned in regulation 23(1), engage any person to process, store or distribute any cord blood on the licensee’s behalf.
(5)  To avoid doubt, a licensee who appoints another person to carry on any activity under paragraph (2) or (4) remains responsible to comply with the licence conditions imposed on and the duties of a licensee under the Act, these Regulations and any other regulations made under the Act.