Healthcare Services Act 2020 |
Healthcare Services (Exemption) Order 2021 |
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Citation and commencement |
1. This Order is the Healthcare Services (Exemption) Order 2021 and comes into operation on 3 January 2022. |
Definitions |
2. In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires —
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Exemption relating to Clinical Governance Officers |
Exemption for business name used under repealed Act |
4.—(1) Section 29(1)(a) and (2) of the Act does not apply in relation to the use of a business name by a licensee who holds a licence under the Act for the provision of a licensable healthcare service specified in paragraph 1(d) or (e) of the First Schedule to the Act if —
[S 422/2023 wef 26/06/2023]
[S 850/2023 wef 18/12/2023] |
Exemption in relation to blood banking service provided by clinical laboratory service licensees and acute hospital service licensees |
5.—(1) Section 8 of the Act does not apply in relation to the provision of a blood banking service by a person who —
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Exemption in relation to blood banking service provided by outpatient medical service licensee acting on behalf of blood banking service licensee |
6. Section 8 of the Act does not apply in relation to the provision of a blood banking service by a person who holds a valid licence to provide an outpatient medical service in relation only to the carrying out of the following activities on behalf of another person who holds a valid licence to provide a blood banking service:
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7. [Deleted by S 422/2023 wef 26/06/2023] |
Exemption in relation to clinical laboratory services provided by blood banking service or cord blood banking service licensee |
8.—(1) Section 8 of the Act does not apply in relation to the provision of a clinical laboratory service by a person who holds a valid licence to provide a blood banking service and who —
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9. [Deleted by S 422/2023 wef 26/06/2023] |
10. [Deleted by S 422/2023 wef 26/06/2023] |
11. [Deleted by S 850/2023 wef 18/12/2023] |
Exemption in relation to contingency care service licensees |
12. Section 8 of the Act does not apply in relation to the provision of a community hospital service by a person who holds a valid licence to provide a contingency care service in relation to the provision of a healthcare service that is provided to an inpatient who, having been treated for any disease or trauma or having undergone surgery, needs to receive constant medical oversight by a medical practitioner, for the purpose of assisting the inpatient in regaining his or her health. [S 422/2023 wef 26/06/2023] |
Exemption in relation to performance of image-guided procedures |
13.—(1) Section 8 of the Act does not apply in relation to the provision of a radiological service by a person who holds a valid licence to provide an acute hospital service in relation only to the performance of any image-guided procedure, where the performance of the procedure is incidental to the provision of the acute hospital service.
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Exemption in relation to provision of peritoneal dialysis support by outpatient medical service licensees |
14.—(1) Section 8 of the Act does not apply in relation to the provision of an outpatient renal dialysis service by a person who holds a valid licence to provide an outpatient medical service and only provides peritoneal dialysis support.
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Exemption in relation to testing of specimens by nuclear medicine service licensees |
15.—(1) Section 8 of the Act does not apply in relation to the provision of a clinical laboratory service by a person who holds a valid licence to provide a nuclear medicine service in relation only to the testing of any specimen derived from a patient by the person, if both of the following conditions are satisfied:
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Exemption in relation to provision of clinical laboratory service by human tissue banking service licensees |
16. Section 8 of the Act does not apply to the provision of a clinical laboratory service by a person (X) who holds a valid licence to provide a human tissue banking service and conducts, as part of X’s provision of the human tissue banking service, any test on —
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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.
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Exemption in relation to provision of traditional medicine, etc. |
18.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), section 8 of the Act does not apply to any of the following:
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Exemption in relation to conduct of radiological examinations required under Employment of Foreign Manpower Act 1990 |
19.—(1) Regulation 13 of the Healthcare Services (Clinical Laboratory Service and Radiological Service) Regulations 2021 does not apply to a person who holds a valid licence to provide a radiological service and conducts, in the provision of the radiological service, an applicable examination for a patient.
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Exemption in relation to administration of anonymous tests for HIV infection by outpatient medical service licensee |
20.—(1) This paragraph applies to a person who holds a valid licence to provide an outpatient medical service and is approved under the Act to use any premises specified in the Second Schedule as an approved permanent premises to provide the outpatient medical service.
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Exemption in relation to KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital Pte Ltd |
21. Regulation 14(3)(e) of the Healthcare Services (Nuclear Medicine Service) Regulations 2023 does not apply in relation to the provision of a nuclear medicine service for an imaging purpose by KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital Pte Ltd at the approved permanent premises at 100 Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 229899. [S 422/2023 wef 26/06/2023] |
Exemption in relation to provision of contingency care service by nursing home service licensee |
22. Section 8 of the Act does not apply in relation to the provision of a contingency care service by a person who holds a valid licence to provide a nursing home service and treats, as part of the provision of the nursing home service, an inpatient for an infectious disease specified in the First Schedule to the Infectious Diseases Act 1976. [S 850/2023 wef 18/12/2023] |
Exemption relating to head of nursing for nursing home service |
23. Regulation 8(1) of the Healthcare Services (Nursing Home Service) Regulations 2023 does not apply to a person (X) who holds a licence to provide a nursing home service in respect of X’s appointment of an individual as the head of nursing for any approved permanent premises of X during the period from 18 December 2023 to 17 December 2028 (both dates inclusive), if all of the following are satisfied:
[S 850/2023 wef 18/12/2023] |
Exemption in relation to provision of nursing home service by specified persons |
24. Section 8 of the Act does not apply in relation to the provision of a nursing home service by any of the following persons:
[S 850/2023 wef 18/12/2023] |
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, Singapore. |
[MH 78:44/1; AG/LEGIS/SL/122E/2020/15 Vol. 1] |