Qualifications, skills and competencies of Clinical Governance Officer
5.—(1)  For the purposes of section 24(3)(b) of the Act, a licensee must appoint as a Clinical Governance Officer of a blood banking service a fully registered medical practitioner with —
(a)either of the following qualifications, skills and competencies:
(i)registration under section 22 of the Medical Registration Act 1997 as a specialist in the branch of haematology;
(ii)both of the following:
(A)registration under section 22 of the Medical Registration Act 1997 as a specialist in the branch of pathology;
(B)training in transfusion medicine; and
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(b)at least 5 years of work experience in Singapore in —
(i)transfusion medicine —
(A)in relation to the provision of an acute hospital service by a person authorised by a licence to do; or
(B)in any private hospital licensed under the repealed Act before 26 June 2023, where the private hospital was licensed as a medical hospital, a surgical hospital or both; or
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(ii)any other area relevant to the provision of a blood banking service with any licensee.
(2)  In paragraph (1), “fully registered medical practitioner” has the meaning given by section 2 of the Medical Registration Act 1997.
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