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Formal Consolidation |  Amended S 422/2023
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]
Informal Consolidation | Amended S 850/2023
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 repealed Act in relation to the use of the premises as a clinical laboratory.
[S 850/2023 wef 18/12/2023]
(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 repealed Act in relation to the use of the premises as a clinical laboratory.
[S 850/2023 wef 18/12/2023]
(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 person (C) who holds a licence to provide a cord blood banking service 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 repealed Act in relation to the use of the premises as a clinical laboratory.
[S 850/2023 wef 18/12/2023]
[S 850/2023 wef 18/12/2023]
(5A)  Section 24(2) of the Act and regulation 7(1)(b) of the Healthcare Services (Nursing Home Service) Regulations 2023 (G.N. No. S 849/2023) do not apply to a person (D) who holds a licence to provide a nursing home service in respect of D’s appointment of an individual as a Clinical Governance Officer, if all of the following are satisfied:
(a)D had, immediately before 18 December 2023, held a valid licence under the repealed Act in relation to the use of any premises as a nursing home;
(b)the premises mentioned in sub‑paragraph (a) are, from and including that date, D’s approved permanent premises for the provision of the nursing home service;
(c)the individual is a registered nurse who —
(i)is not subject to any condition imposed on his or her registration by the Singapore Nursing Board under section 17(2) of the Nurses and Midwives Act 1999; and
(ii)immediately before 18 December 2023, had performed all the functions of a Clinical Governance Officer in respect of the nursing home at the premises mentioned in sub‑paragraph (a).
[S 850/2023 wef 18/12/2023]
(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]