Exemption in relation to healthcare professionals, etc.
17.—(1)  Section 8 of the Act does not apply in relation to the practice of dentistry by a dentist or an oral health therapist, where the dentist or oral health therapist practises dentistry in the course of his or her employment or engagement by a licensee to assist in the provision of a licensable healthcare service by the licensee.
(2)  Section 8 of the Act does not apply in relation to the practice of medicine by a medical practitioner, where the medical practitioner practises medicine in the course of his or her employment or engagement by a licensee to assist in the provision of a licensable healthcare service by the licensee.
(3)  Section 8 of the Act does not apply in relation to the carrying out of any act or activity, or the provision of any service, specified in the first column of the First Schedule by an individual specified opposite in the second column of that Schedule.
[S 422/2023 wef 26/06/2023]