Exemption relating to Clinical Governance Officers
3.—(1)  Section 24(2) of the Act and regulation 5 of the Healthcare Services (Clinical Laboratory Service and Radiological Service) Regulations 2021 (G.N. No. S 1036/2021) do not apply to a person (A) who holds a licence to provide a clinical laboratory service in respect of A’s appointment of an individual as a Clinical Governance Officer where the individual —
(a)was, immediately before 3 January 2022, employed by A to manage any premises in which a clinical laboratory service is provided by A and continues to be so employed after that date; and
(b)had, immediately before that date, held a valid licence under the Private Hospitals and Medical Clinics Act 1980 in relation to the use of the premises as a clinical laboratory.
(2)  Paragraph (1) only applies so long as every laboratory discipline and specified test provided or that is to be provided as part of the clinical laboratory service was, immediately before 3 January 2022, also provided in the premises.
(3)  Section 24(2) of the Act and regulation 6 of the Healthcare Services (Clinical Laboratory Service and Radiological Service) Regulations 2021 do not apply to a person (B) who holds a licence to provide a radiological service in respect of B’s appointment of an individual as a Clinical Governance Officer where the individual —
(a)was, immediately before 3 January 2022, employed by B to manage any premises in which a radiological service is provided by B and continues to be so employed after that date; and
(b)had, immediately before that date, held a valid licence under the Private Hospitals and Medical Clinics Act 1980 in relation to the use of the premises as a clinical laboratory.
(4)  Paragraph (3) only applies so long as every imaging modality provided or that is to be provided as part of the radiological service was, immediately before 3 January 2022, also provided in the premises.
(5)  Section 24(2) of the Act and regulation 4 of the Healthcare Services (Cord Blood Banking Service) Regulations 2021 (G.N. No. S 1037/2021) do not apply to a licensee (C) in respect of C’s appointment of an individual as a Clinical Governance Officer where the individual —
(a)was, immediately before 3 January 2022, employed by C to manage any premises in which a cord blood banking service is provided by C and continues to be so employed after that date; and
(b)had, immediately before that date, held a valid licence under the Private Hospitals and Medical Clinics Act 1980 in relation to the use of the premises as a clinical laboratory.
(6)  In this paragraph —
“imaging modality” means —
(a)any imaging modality set out in paragraph 1(a) of Part 2 of the Schedule to the Healthcare Services (Clinical Laboratory Service and Radiological Service) Regulations 2021;
(b)the provision of minimally invasive image-guided biopsy of breast, thyroid, superficial lump or bump or any superficial lymph node;
(c)bone densitometry; or
(d)ultrasound;
“laboratory discipline” means any laboratory discipline set out in paragraph 1(a) of Part 1 of the Schedule to the Healthcare Services (Clinical Laboratory Service and Radiological Service) Regulations 2021;
“specified test” means any test set out in paragraph 1(b) of Part 1 of the Schedule to the Healthcare Services (Clinical Laboratory Service and Radiological Service) Regulations 2021.
[S 422/2023 wef 26/06/2023]